Proverbs 18 Cross References - YLT

¹ For an object of desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.
² A fool delighteth not in understanding, But—in uncovering his heart.
³ With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame—reproach.
⁴ Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.
⁵ Acceptance of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
⁶ The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. ⁷ The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
⁸ The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.
⁹ He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.
¹⁰ A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.
¹¹ The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
¹² Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour is humility.
¹³ Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
¹⁴ The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?
¹⁵ The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
¹⁶ The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.
¹⁷ Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.
¹⁸ The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth.
¹⁹ A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.
²⁰ From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.
²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
²² Whoso hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
²³ With supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
²⁴ A man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

¹⁶ and in what is it known now, that I have found grace in Thine eyes—I and Thy people—is it not in Thy going with us? and we have been distinguished—I and Thy people—from all the people who are on the face of the ground.'

¹ My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, ² To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding, ³ For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, ⁴ If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her, ⁵ Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest. ⁶ For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

¹⁰ The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

¹⁴ The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

³ An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

¹⁹ A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.

²¹ Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,

¹⁷ Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

⁸ Also, in the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance Is the desire of the soul. ⁹ With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

¹⁷ I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of thy hand, —Alone I have sat, For with indignation Thou hast filled me.

³ speaking unto the priests who are at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, `Do I weep in the fifth month—being separated—as I have done these so many years?'

¹¹ And he answering said to them that—`To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

⁴⁴ `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

³⁵ And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

¹¹ and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God—

¹⁷ wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I—I will receive you,

¹⁵ See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, ¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil; ¹⁷ because of this become not fools, but—understanding what is the will of the Lord,

¹⁹ these are those setting themselves apart, natural men, the Spirit not having.

¹⁵ And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor—And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut— ¹⁶ An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God—And knowing knowledge of the Most High; A vision of the Almighty he seeth, Falling—and eyes uncovered:

¹ O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; ² But—in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

⁷ Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

²² `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

²³ A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

¹⁶ Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

¹⁶ Why is this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

³ And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He is a fool.'

³⁴ And lo, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen him, they called on him that he might depart from their borders.

¹ And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up;

¹² so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

¹⁵ Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

¹⁵ having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love, ¹⁶ and had a rebuke of his own iniquity—a dumb ass, in man's voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet. ¹⁷ These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept; ¹⁸ for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh—lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error, ¹⁹ liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

³⁰ And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, `Son of a perverse rebellious woman! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother?

⁴ Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;

⁹ For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.

²⁰ Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

³ Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt, ⁴ Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!

² Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly is wisdom.

¹⁰ Cast out a scorner—and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

¹⁶ In the multiplying of the wicked transgression multiplieth, And the righteous on their fall do look.

³⁹ and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads, ⁴⁰ and saying, `Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building it, save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.' <sup>41</sup> And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said, <sup>42</sup> `Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him; ⁴³ he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said—Son of God I am;' ⁴⁴ with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.

⁴ in which they think it strange—your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

¹⁴ if ye be reproached in the name of Christ—happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

² I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

¹¹ A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

²² A fountain of life is understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

⁵ Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

³⁴ `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things—being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

¹⁴ but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst—to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'

³⁸ he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;' ³⁹ and this he said of the Spirit, which those believing in him were about to receive; for not yet was the Holy Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

⁶ your word always in grace—with salt being seasoned—to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

¹⁵ `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

¹⁶ And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren—then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner; ¹⁷ ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

¹⁹ Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

⁹ and she writeth in the letters, saying, `Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people, <sup>10</sup> and cause two men—sons of worthlessness—to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.' <sup>11</sup> And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them, <sup>12</sup> they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people, <sup>13</sup> and two men—sons of worthlessness—come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth; ¹⁴ and they send unto Jezebel, saying, `Naboth was stoned, and is dead.'

⁷ For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit? ⁸ His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?

¹⁹ That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands are all of them.

² Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

¹⁵ Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these are an abomination to Jehovah.

²³ These also are for the wise: —To discern faces in judgment is not good.

²¹ To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

²³ Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

¹⁴ And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,

³ On the evil are both hands to do it well, The prince is asking—also the judge—for recompence, And the great—he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

¹⁶ and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;

¹⁶ The fool—in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

¹⁰ A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom.

³ In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

¹⁶ The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

²⁷ A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips—as a burning fire. ²⁸ A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

¹⁹ A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

²⁹ Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

²⁴ Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, ²⁵ Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

²⁴ Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

³ A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

⁹ A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.

³⁵ And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I—I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.'

²⁴ And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjureth the people, saying, `Cursed is the man who eateth food till the evening, and I have been avenged of mine enemies;' and none of the people hath tasted food. <sup>25</sup> And all they of the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field; <sup>26</sup> and the people come in unto the forest, and lo, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand unto his mouth, for the people feared the oath. <sup>27</sup> And Jonathan hath not heard of his father's adjuring the people, and putteth forth the end of the rod, which is in his hand, and dippeth it in the honeycomb, and bringeth back his hand unto his mouth—and his eyes see! <sup>28</sup> And a man of the people answereth and saith, `Thy father certainly adjured the people, saying, Cursed is the man who eateth food to-day; and the people are weary.' ²⁹ And Jonathan saith, `My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, that mine eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey. <sup>30</sup> How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.' <sup>31</sup> And they smite on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people are very weary, <sup>32</sup> and the people make unto the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood. <sup>33</sup> And they declare to Saul, saying, `Lo, the people are sinning against Jehovah, to eat with the blood.' And he saith, `Ye have dealt treacherously, roll unto me to-day a great stone.' <sup>34</sup> And Saul saith, `Be ye scattered among the people, and ye have said to them, Bring ye nigh unto me each his ox, and each his sheep; and ye have slain them in this place, and eaten, and ye do not sin against Jehovah to eat with the blood.' And all the people bring nigh each his ox, in his hand, that night, and slaughter them there. ³⁵ And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah.
³⁶ And Saul saith, `Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and we prey upon them till the light of the morning, and leave not a man of them.' And they say, `All that is good in thine eyes do.' And the priest saith, `Let us draw near hither unto God.' <sup>37</sup> And Saul asketh of God, `Do I go down after the Philistines? dost Thou give them into the hand of Israel?' and He hath not answered him on that day. ³⁸ And Saul saith, `Draw ye nigh hither all, the chiefs of the people, and know and see in what this sin hath been to-day; <sup>39</sup> for, Jehovah liveth, who is saving Israel: surely if it be in Jonathan my son, surely he doth certainly die;' and none is answering him out of all the people. <sup>40</sup> And he saith unto all Israel, `Ye—ye are on one side, and I and Jonathan my son are on another side;' and the people say unto Saul, `That which is good in thine eyes do.' <sup>41</sup> And Saul saith unto Jehovah, God of Israel, `Give perfection;' and Jonathan and Saul are captured, and the people went out. ⁴² And Saul saith, `Cast between me and Jonathan my son;' and Jonathan is captured. <sup>43</sup> And Saul saith unto Jonathan, `Declare to me, what hast thou done?' and Jonathan declareth to him, and saith, `I certainly tasted with the end of the rod that is in my hand a little honey; lo, I die!' <sup>44</sup> And Saul saith, `Thus doth God do, and thus doth He add, for thou dost certainly die, Jonathan.' ⁴⁵ And the people say unto Saul, `Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? —a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;' and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died. ⁴⁶ And Saul goeth up from after the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone to their place;

⁸ And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

⁹ The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

² Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

⁸ The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

¹⁴ The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

¹³ In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

³ Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips—ruin to him!

¹¹ If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
¹² Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness. ¹⁴ And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'

²³ and he sware to her—`Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee—unto the half of my kingdom.' <sup>24</sup> And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;' <sup>25</sup> and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, `I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.' ²⁶ And the king—made very sorrowful—because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away, ²⁷ and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought, ²⁸ and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

¹⁴ who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves—to taste nothing till we have killed Paul; <sup>15</sup> now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.' <sup>16</sup> And the son of Paul's sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul, <sup>17</sup> and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, `This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.' ¹⁸ He indeed, then, having taken him, brought him unto the chief captain, and saith, `The prisoner Paul, having called me near, asked me this young man to bring unto thee, having something to say to thee.' <sup>19</sup> And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, `What is that which thou hast to tell me?' ²⁰ and he said—`The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him; <sup>21</sup> thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves—not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.' <sup>22</sup> The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged him to tell no one, `that these things thou didst shew unto me;'

¹⁶ `Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am Jehovah.

² Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

³ Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow—a bitter word. ⁴ To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

¹⁸ A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

²⁸ A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

²⁰ Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth, ²¹ Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife. ²² The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

²⁹ A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.

⁴ Poor is he who is working—a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

²⁰ Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, ²¹ For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

³⁰ Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. ³¹ And lo, it hath gone up—all of it—thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. ³² And I see—I—I do set my heart, I have seen—I have received instruction, ³³ A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down. ³⁴ And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

²⁴ Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

²⁶ `And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

¹³ `And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously; ¹⁴ and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

¹ And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods; ² and having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.

¹¹ in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

¹² that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

¹ And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, `I am God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

¹¹ `Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me—mother beside sons;

²⁸ And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.' <sup>29</sup> And Jacob asketh, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, thy name;' and he saith, `Why is this, thou askest for My name?' and He blesseth him there.

¹³ And Moses saith unto God, `Lo, I am coming unto the sons of Israel, and have said to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they have said to me, What is His name? what do I say unto them?' <sup>14</sup> And God saith unto Moses, `I AM THAT WHICH I AM;' He saith also, `Thus dost thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.' <sup>15</sup> And God saith again unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel, Jehovah, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is My name—to the age, and this My memorial, to generation—generation.

³ and I appear unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; as to My name Jehovah, I have not been known to them;

⁵ And Jehovah cometh down in a cloud, and stationeth Himself with him there, and calleth in the Name of Jehovah, ⁶ and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth, ⁷ keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third generation, and on a fourth.'

⁶ and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.

³ My God is my rock—I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge! My Saviour, from violence Thou savest me!

⁴⁵ Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me. ⁴⁶ Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places. ⁴⁷ Jehovah liveth, and blessed is my Rock, And exalted is my God—The Rock of my salvation.

⁵¹ Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed—unto the age!'

² Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

¹ By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

³ The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee. ⁴ In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

³ For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy. ⁴ I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah.

² He is saying of Jehovah, `My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,'

¹⁴ Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him—I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.

² My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!

⁶ For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

⁴ Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah is a rock of ages,

¹⁵ For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy is His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'

⁶ In his days is Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth confidently, And this his name that Jehovah proclaimeth him, `Our Righteousness.'

¹⁹ Jehovah the Lord is my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my stringed instruments!

²³ `Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us he is God.'

⁸ `I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming—the Almighty.'

³¹ For not as our Rock is their rock, (And our enemies are judges!)

²⁴ If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,' ²⁵ If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

⁶ Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish. ⁷ A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement. ⁸ And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased—to the age. ⁹ And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

⁵ Also—God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
⁶ And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him. ⁷ `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

¹⁰ Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth—when it increaseth—set not the heart. ¹¹ Once hath God spoken, twice I heard this, That `strength is with God.'

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

⁴ Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

¹² For wisdom is a defense, money is a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is, She reviveth her possessors.

¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare—to whom shall they be? ²¹ so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

⁶ Therefore do I loathe it, And I have repented on dust and ashes.
⁷ And it cometh to pass after Jehovah's speaking these words unto Job, that Jehovah saith unto Eliphaz the Temanite, `Burned hath Mine anger against thee, and against thy two friends, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job. ⁸ And now, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go ye unto My servant Job, and ye have caused a burnt-offering to ascend for you; and Job My servant doth pray for you, for surely his face I accept, so as not to do with you folly, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job. ⁹ And they go—Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite—and do as Jehovah hath spoken unto them; and Jehovah doth accept the face of Job.
¹⁰ And Jehovah hath turned to the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add to all that Job hath—to double. ¹¹ And come unto him do all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they eat bread with him in his house, and bemoan him, and comfort him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him, and they gave to him each one kesitah, and each one ring of gold. ¹² And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. ¹³ And he hath seven sons and three daughters; ¹⁴ and he calleth the name of the one Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. ¹⁵ And there have not been found women fair as the daughters of Job in all the land, and their father doth give to them an inheritance in the midst of their brethren. ¹⁶ And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations; ¹⁷ and Job dieth, aged and satisfied with days.

³³ The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, And before honour is humility!

¹⁸ Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling—a haughty spirit.'

²³ The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

⁵ And I say, `Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man—unclean of lips am I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.' <sup>6</sup> And flee unto me doth one of the seraphs, and in his hand a burning coal, (with tongs he hath taken it from off the altar,) <sup>7</sup> and he striketh against my mouth, and saith: `Lo, this hath stricken against thy lips, And turned aside is thine iniquity, And thy sin is covered.' ⁸ And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: `Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, `Here am I, send me.'
⁹ And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye—to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye—to see, and ye do not know. <sup>10</sup> Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.' <sup>11</sup> And I say, `Till when, O Lord?' And He saith, `Surely till cities have been wasted without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the ground be wasted—a desolation, ¹² And Jehovah hath put man far off, And great is the forsaken part in the heart of the land. ¹³ And yet in it a tenth, and it hath turned, And hath been for a burning, As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, Have substance in them, The holy seed is its substance!'

⁴⁹ Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened. ⁵⁰ And they are haughty and do abomination before Me, And I turn them aside when I have seen.

² `Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart hath been high, And thou dost say: A god I am, The habitation of God I have inhabited, In the heart of the seas, And thou art man, and not God, And thou givest out thy heart as the heart of God,

⁹ Dost thou really say, `I am God,' Before him who is slaying thee? And thou art man, and not God, In the hand of him who is piercing thee.

²³ and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand is thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured. ²⁴ `Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;

²⁰ And while I am speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and causing my supplication to fall before Jehovah my God, for the holy mount of my God,

²³ at the commencement of thy supplications hath the word come forth, and I have come to declare it, for thou art greatly desired, and understand thou concerning the matter, and consider concerning the appearance.

¹¹ because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

²¹ and on a set day, Herod having arrayed himself in kingly apparel, and having sat down upon the tribunal, was making an oration unto them, ²² and the populace were shouting, `The voice of a god, and not of a man;' ²³ and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

⁵ In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

¹⁴ and thou hast enquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in thy midst:

⁴ And the king saith to Ziba, `Lo, thine are all that Mephibosheth hath;' and Ziba saith, `I have bowed myself—I find grace in thine eyes, my lord, O king.'

²⁴ And Mephibosheth son of Saul hath come down to meet the king—and he prepared not his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, yea, his garments he washed not, even from the day of the going away of the king, till the day that he came in peace— ²⁵ and it cometh to pass, when he hath come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king saith to him, `Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?' <sup>26</sup> And he saith, `My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the ass, and ride on it, and go with the king, for thy servant is lame; ²⁷ and he uttereth slander against thy servant unto my lord the king, and my lord the king is as a messenger of God; and do thou that which is good in thine eyes, ²⁸ for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more—even to cry any more unto the king?' ²⁹ And the king saith to him, `Why dost thou speak any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba—share ye the field.' <sup>30</sup> And Mephibosheth saith unto the king, `Yea, the whole let him take, after that my lord the king hath come in peace unto his house.'

¹⁰ And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews; ¹¹ and the king saith to Haman, `The silver is given to thee, and the people, to do with it as it is good in thine eyes.' ¹² And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who are over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king, ¹³ and letters to be sent by the hand of the runners unto all provinces of the king, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy all the Jews, from young even unto old, infant and women, on one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month—it is the month of Adar—and their spoil to seize, ¹⁴ a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, to be ready for this day. ¹⁵ The runners have gone forth, hastened by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace, and the king and Haman have sat down to drink, and the city Shushan is perplexed.

⁵ and saith, `If to the king it be good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I be good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters—a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite—that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all provinces of the king, <sup>6</sup> for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?' <sup>7</sup> And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, `Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews, ⁸ and ye, write ye for the Jews, as it is good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king—for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.' ⁹ And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month—it is the month of Sivan—in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that are from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces—province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue. ¹⁰ And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares, ¹¹ that the king hath given to the Jews who are in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize. ¹² In one day, in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month—it is the month of Adar— ¹³ a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of their enemies. ¹⁴ The runners, riding on the dromedary, and the mules, have gone out, hastened and pressed by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace.
¹⁵ And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad; ¹⁶ to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour, ¹⁷ and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy are to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.

¹⁶ A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

²⁵ A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

⁹ Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.

¹⁴ Then the king, when he hath heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he hath set the heart to deliver him, and till the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.

⁵¹ `Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'

²⁰ And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance, ²¹ and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

⁷ And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown. ⁸ And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes. ⁹ And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.' <sup>10</sup> And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

⁴ For arrows of the Mighty are with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves for me!

¹⁴ And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me, ¹⁵ And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.

¹⁵ If I have done wickedly—woe to me, And righteously—I lift not up my head, Full of shame—then see my affliction, ¹⁶ And it riseth—as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back—Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me. ¹⁷ Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare are with me.

⁹ `What gain is in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth? ¹⁰ Hear, O Jehovah, and favour me, O Jehovah, be a helper to me.'

³ When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day. ⁴ When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.

² For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand. ³ Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin. ⁴ For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.

¹⁰ With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where is thy God?' ¹¹ What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

³ Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

⁵ Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.

² In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted. ³ I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah.

¹⁴ Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me. ¹⁵ I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors—I pine away. ¹⁶ Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

²² For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

³ Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

¹³ A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.

²² A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

³³ and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy, ³⁴ and he saith to them, `Exceeding sorrowful is my soul—to death; remain here, and watch.'

³ And not only so, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; ⁴ and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope; ⁵ and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ (according as it hath been written—`For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,') ³⁷ but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;

¹² For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

⁷ so that, on the contrary, it is rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

⁹ and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me: ¹⁰ wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses—for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

² All joy count it, my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

⁶ in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

⁹ and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?'

⁹⁷ Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation.
⁹⁸ Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age. ⁹⁹ Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
¹⁰¹ From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
¹⁰² From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou—Thou hast directed me.
¹⁰³ How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!

⁵ (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

⁵ Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

⁷ The first thing is wisdom—get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

⁹ Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.

¹⁴ The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

²³ Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

⁸ `And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, `He having ears to hear—let him hear.' ⁹ And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?' <sup>10</sup> And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

³⁹ and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word,

¹⁵ and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise—to salvation, through faith that is in Christ Jesus; ¹⁶ every Writing is God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that is in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be fitted—for every good work having been completed.

⁵ and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

²⁰ and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob is behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'

¹⁰ And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me;

¹¹ And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

²⁷ `And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord—it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord.

⁸ A stone of grace is the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

⁶ Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

¹⁴ A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.

¹ And David hath passed on a little from the top, and lo, Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth—to meet him, and a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of summer-fruit, and a bottle of wine. ² And the king saith unto Ziba, `What—these to thee?' and Ziba saith, `The asses for the household of the king to ride on, and the bread and the summer-fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the wearied to drink in the wilderness.' ³ And the king saith, `And where is the son of thy lord?' and Ziba saith unto the king, `Lo, he is abiding in Jerusalem, for he said, To-day do the house of Israel give back to me the kingdom of my father.'

²⁴ And Mephibosheth son of Saul hath come down to meet the king—and he prepared not his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, yea, his garments he washed not, even from the day of the going away of the king, till the day that he came in peace— ²⁵ and it cometh to pass, when he hath come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king saith to him, `Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?' <sup>26</sup> And he saith, `My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the ass, and ride on it, and go with the king, for thy servant is lame; ²⁷ and he uttereth slander against thy servant unto my lord the king, and my lord the king is as a messenger of God; and do thou that which is good in thine eyes,

¹³ Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

⁵ for having found this man a pestilence, and moving a dissension to all the Jews through the world—a ringleader also of the sect of the Nazarenes— ⁶ who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,

¹² and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city; ¹³ nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me.

² by lot is their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine of the tribes, and the half of the tribe;

²¹ and he bringeth near the tribe of Benjamin by its families, and the family of Matri is captured, and Saul son of Kish is captured, and they seek him, and he hath not been found. ²² And they ask again at Jehovah, `Hath the man yet come hither?' and Jehovah saith, `Lo, he hath been hidden near the vessels.' ²³ And they run and bring him thence, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward. ²⁴ And Samuel saith unto all the people, `Have ye seen him on whom Jehovah hath fixed, for there is none like him among all the people?' And all the people shout, and say, `Let the king live!' ²⁵ And Samuel speaketh unto the people the right of the kingdom, and writeth in a book, and placeth before Jehovah; and Samuel sendeth all the people away, each to his house. ²⁶ And also Saul hath gone to his house, to Gibeah, and the force go with him whose heart God hath touched; ²⁷ and the sons of worthlessness have said, `What! this one doth save us!' and they despise him, and have not brought to him a present; and he is as one deaf.

⁴² And Saul saith, `Cast between me and Jonathan my son;' and Jonathan is captured.

⁶³ To the sons of Merari, for their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities.

³¹ and they cast, they also, lots over-against their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites; the chief father over-against his younger brother.

¹ And the heads of the people dwell in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people have caused to fall lots to bring in one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the cities,

³³ Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah is all its judgment!

⁵ and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.
⁶ And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen? <sup>7</sup> Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'
<sup>8</sup> And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, `Let us go into the field;' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

⁴¹ And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning for my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.' <sup>42</sup> And the words of Esau her elder son are declared to Rebekah, and she sendeth and calleth for Jacob her younger son, and saith unto him, `Lo, Esau thy brother is comforting himself in regard to thee—to slay thee; ⁴³ and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran, ⁴⁴ and thou hast dwelt with him some days, till thy brother's fury turn back, ⁴⁵ till thy brother's anger turn back from thee, and he hath forgotten that which thou hast done to him, and I have sent and taken thee from thence; why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?'

⁶ And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, `We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;' <sup>7</sup> and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who are with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps, <sup>8</sup> and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it—then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'
⁹ And Jacob saith, `God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee: <sup>10</sup> I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant—for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. <sup>11</sup> `Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me—mother beside sons;

³ And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he is a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat; ⁴ and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak to him peaceably.
⁵ And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.

¹¹ and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.

¹⁸ And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death. ¹⁹ And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh; <sup>20</sup> and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.' <sup>21</sup> And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;' ²² and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' —in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.
<sup>23</sup> And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which is upon him, <sup>24</sup> and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it. <sup>25</sup> And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take them down to Egypt. <sup>26</sup> And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood? ²⁷ Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he is our brother—our flesh;' and his brethren hearken.

²² and Absalom hath not spoken with Amnon either evil or good, for Absalom is hating Amnon, because that he humbled Tamar his sister.

²⁸ And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, `See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.'

²³ And king Solomon sweareth by Jehovah, saying, `Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add—surely against his soul hath Adonijah spoken this word; ²⁴ and now, Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and causeth me to sit on the throne of David my father, and who hath made for me an house as He spake—surely to-day is Adonijah put to death.' ²⁵ And king Solomon sendeth by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falleth upon him, and he dieth.

¹⁶ And all Israel see that the king hath not hearkened unto them, and the people send the king back word, saying, `What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse; to thy tents, O Israel; now see thy house, O David!' and Israel goeth to its tents.

¹⁷ and Abijah and his people smite among them a great smiting, and there fall wounded of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

¹⁹ A false witness who doth breathe out lies—And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

³² Better is the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

³⁹ there came, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas having taken Mark, did sail to Cyprus,

¹³ In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
¹⁴ From the fruit of the mouth is one satisfied with good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

² From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous—violence.

¹⁸ For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

²¹ To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.

¹¹ Apples of gold in imagery of silver, Is the word spoken at its fit times. ¹² A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

¹⁹ In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.
²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked—as a little thing. ²¹ The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

³¹ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls is wise.

² From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous—violence.
³ Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips—ruin to him!

⁴ Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.
⁵ Acceptance of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
⁶ The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. ⁷ The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

¹⁹ Producing the fruit of the lips, `Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.

³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things. ³⁶ `And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; ³⁷ for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

¹⁴ How then shall they call upon him in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe on him of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching? ¹⁵ and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

¹⁶ to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

¹⁵ no great thing, then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness—whose end shall be according to their works.

²⁹ Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

¹⁰ for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers—especially they of the circumcision— ¹¹ whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.

⁶ and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna. ⁷ For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature, ⁸ and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison, ⁹ with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;

¹⁸ for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh—lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,

¹⁸ And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper—as his counterpart.'

⁶⁷ and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after the death of his mother.

²⁰ and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her. ²¹ And Jacob saith unto Laban, `Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in unto her;'

²⁸ And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;

⁴ And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

¹⁵ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well. ¹⁶ Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters. ¹⁷ Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee. ¹⁸ Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, ¹⁹ A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually. ²⁰ And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman? ²¹ For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering. ²² His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden. ²³ He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

³⁵ For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.

¹⁴ House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.

¹⁰ A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies is her price. ¹¹ The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not. ¹² She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life. ¹³ She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands. ¹⁴ She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread. ¹⁵ Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels. ¹⁶ She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. ¹⁷ She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms. ¹⁸ She hath perceived when her merchandise is good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night. ¹⁹ Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff. ²⁰ Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy. ²¹ She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed with scarlet. ²² Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple are her clothing. ²³ Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land. ²⁴ Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant. ²⁵ Strength and honour are her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day. ²⁶ Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness is on her tongue. ²⁷ She is watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not. ²⁸ Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her, ²⁹ `Many are the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.' ³⁰ The grace is false, and the beauty is vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself. ³¹ Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!

⁹ See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it is thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.

¹² And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

² and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

⁷ And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan—to buy food.'

³⁰ `The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

² and Pharaoh saith, `Who is Jehovah, that I hearken to His voice, to send Israel away? I have not known Jehovah, and Israel also I do not send away.'

⁷ and she saith, Let me glean, I pray thee—and I have gathered among the sheaves after the reapers; and she cometh and remaineth since the morning and till now; she sat in the house a little.

³⁶ and it hath been, every one who is left in thy house doth come in to bow himself to him, for a wage of silver, and a cake of bread, and hath said, Admit me, I pray thee, unto one of the priest's offices, to eat a morsel of bread.'

¹⁰ And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, `Who is David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;

¹⁷ `And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he is too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.'

¹ And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, `Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.' <sup>2</sup> And Elisha saith unto her, `What do I do for thee? declare to me, what hast thou in the house?' and she saith, `Thy maid-servant hath nothing in the house except a pot of oil.'

² And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.

³ `Happy the poor in spirit—because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

⁹ And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation, ¹⁰ and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away; ¹¹ for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

³ and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou—sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou—stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' —

⁶ and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

⁴ And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee are very good; ⁵ yea, he putteth his life in his hand, and smiteth the Philistine, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation for all Israel; thou hast seen, and dost rejoice, and why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?'

²⁶ And David cometh in unto Ziklag, and sendeth of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, (saying, `Lo, for you a blessing, of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah),' ²⁷ to those in Beth-El, and to those in South Ramoth, and to those in Jattir, ²⁸ and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa, ²⁹ and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites, ³⁰ and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-Ashan, and to those in Athach, ³¹ and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David had gone up and down, he and his men.

²⁶ I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

¹ And David saith, `Is there yet any left to the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?' <sup>2</sup> And the house of Saul hath a servant, and his name is Ziba, and they call for him unto David; and the king saith unto him, `Art thou Ziba?' and he saith, `Thy servant.' <sup>3</sup> And the king saith, `Is there not yet a man to the house of Saul, and I do with him the kindness of God?' And Ziba saith unto the king, `Jonathan hath yet a son—lame.' <sup>4</sup> And the king saith to him, `Where is he?' and Ziba saith unto the king, `Lo, he is in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, in Lo-Debar.' <sup>5</sup> And king David sendeth, and taketh him out of the house of Machir son of Ammiel, of Lo-Debar, <sup>6</sup> and Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, cometh unto David, and falleth on his face, and doth obeisance, and David saith, `Mephibosheth;' and he saith, `Lo, thy servant.' <sup>7</sup> And David saith to him, `Be not afraid; for I certainly do with thee kindness because of Jonathan thy father, and have given back to thee all the field of Saul thy father, and thou dost eat bread at my table continually.' ⁸ And he boweth himself, and saith, `What is thy servant, that thou hast turned unto the dead dog—such as I?'
<sup>9</sup> And the king calleth unto Ziba servant of Saul, and saith unto him, `All that was to Saul and to all his house, I have given to the son of thy lord, ¹⁰ and thou hast served for him the land, thou and thy sons, and thy servants, and hast brought in, and there hath been to the son of thy lord bread, and he hath eaten it; and Mephibosheth son of thy lord doth eat continually bread at my table;' and Ziba hath fifteen sons and twenty servants. ¹¹ And Ziba saith unto the king, `According to all that my lord the king commandeth his servant, so doth thy servant;' as to Mephibosheth, `he is eating at my table (saith the king) as one of the sons of the king.' ¹² And Mephibosheth hath a young son, and his name is Micha, and every one dwelling in the house of Ziba are servants to Mephibosheth. ¹³ And Mephibosheth is dwelling in Jerusalem, for at the table of the king he is eating continually, and he is lame of his two feet.

¹⁷ And Absalom saith unto Hushai, `This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?'

²⁷ And it cometh to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi, son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim, ²⁸ couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted corn, and beans, and lentiles, and roasted pulse, ²⁹ and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who are with him to eat, for they said, `Thy people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'

³⁰ And Mephibosheth saith unto the king, `Yea, the whole let him take, after that my lord the king hath come in peace unto his house.'
<sup>31</sup> And Barzillai the Gileadite hath gone down from Rogelim, and passeth over the Jordan with the king, to send him away over the Jordan; <sup>32</sup> and Barzillai is very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he is a very great man; <sup>33</sup> and the king saith unto Barzillai, `Pass thou over with me, and I have sustained thee with me in Jerusalem.' ³⁴ And Barzillai saith unto the king, `How many are the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem? <sup>35</sup> A son of eighty years I am to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice of singers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king? <sup>36</sup> As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense? <sup>37</sup> Let, I pray thee, thy servant turn back again, and I die in mine own city, near the burying-place of my father and of my mother, —and lo, thy servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do thou to him that which is good in thine eyes.' <sup>38</sup> And the king saith, `With me doth Chimham go over, and I do to him that which is good in thine eyes, yea, all that thou dost fix on me I do to thee.' ³⁹ And all the people pass over the Jordan, and the king hath passed over, and the king giveth a kiss to Barzillai, and blesseth him, and he turneth back to his place.

⁷ and the king hath pity on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that is between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul;

³⁸ All these are men of war, keeping rank—with a perfect heart they have come to Hebron, to cause David to reign over all Israel, and also all the rest of Israel are of one heart, to cause David to reign, ³⁹ and they are there, with David, three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren have prepared for them. ⁴⁰ And also those near unto them, unto Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, are bringing in bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen—food of fine flour, fig-cakes and grape-cakes, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep, in abundance, for joy is in Israel.

¹⁷ At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

⁹ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend—from counsel of the soul.

⁴⁹ and immediately, having come to Jesus, he said, `Hail, Rabbi,' and kissed him; <sup>50</sup> and Jesus said to him, `Comrade, for what art thou present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him.

¹³ greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends; ¹⁴ ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you; ¹⁵ no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.