August 25, 2013

From Mark Copeland... Giving Par Excellence (2 Corinthians 8:1-7)

                "THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS"

                     Giving Par Excellence (8:1-7)

INTRODUCTION

1. An important element of Christian service is that of "giving"...
   a. Following the NT pattern of taking up a collection, we lay by in
      store on the first day of the week - 1Co 16:1-2
   b. With such benevolence we seek to provide for needy saints, and 
      support the work of the church

2. What is the best way to motivate Christians to give liberally?
   a. Many often appeal to OT examples of giving
   b. E.g., the Israelites and how they were expected to tithe
   c. The argument goes something like this:
      1) God required the Israelites to give a tithe (ten percent)
      2) In the New Covenant we enjoy greater blessings than those 
         under the Old Covenant
      3) So our giving should be at least ten percent if not greater

3. Yet the apostle Paul, seeking to inspire the Corinthians to abound 
   in the grace of giving, used the example of the churches of 
   Macedonia - 2Co 8:1-7

4. Shouldn't we do the same?
   a. Why use an example where people gave out of COMPULSION (as was 
      the case in the OT practice of tithing)...
   b. ...when our giving is to be a FREEWILL offering? - cf. 2Co 8:12;
      9:7
   -- Indeed, I believe the Macedonians provide a much better role 
      model when it comes to Christian liberality!

[With that in mind, let's take a closer look at the churches at 
Macedonia who are set before us as examples of "Giving Par 
Excellence"...]

I. WHO WERE THE CHURCHES OF MACEDONIA?

   A. THE CHURCH AT PHILIPPI...
      1. We read of its beginning in Acts 16:11-40
         a. With the conversion of Lydia and her household
            1) Note her hospitality - Ac 16:15
            2) Was this an indication of things to come?
         b. And the conversion of the Philippian Jailor and his family
            1) He too showed hospitality - Ac 16:34
            2) Another example which may help us to appreciate what we
               learn later on
         c. Paul then had to leave abruptly because of the persecution
            - Ac 16:39-40
      2. The epistle to the Philippians was written to them, in which
         we learn...
         a. They helped Paul throughout his ministry - Php 1:3-5; 4:10,
            14-18
         b. They had continued to suffer for Christ - Php 1:27-30

   B. THE CHURCH AT THESSALONICA...
      1. We read of its beginning in Acts 17:1-10
         a. Many were converted - Ac 17:4
         b. Persecution against them soon arose - Ac 17:5-9
         c. Requiring Paul to leave suddenly - Ac 17:10
      2. The epistles to the Thessalonians were written to this church
         a. They too continued to have trouble - 1Th 2:14; 2Th 1:4-5
         b. They excelled in the matter of brotherly love - 1Th 4:9-10

[With this background on the churches of Macedonia, we should not be
surprised that they are presented as a case of "Giving Par Excellence".
As we return to our text (2Co 8:1-7), let's seek to answer the 
following question...]

II. WHAT CHARACTERIZED THEIR GIVING?

   A. THEY GAVE "SACRIFICIALLY" - 2Co 8:2-3a
      1. We've seen that they were in the midst of great affliction (2)
      2. They were experiencing poverty themselves (2)
      3. Yet they gave "beyond their ability" (3a)
      4. This they were not expected to do - cf. 2Co 8:12-13

   B. THEY GAVE "JOYFULLY" - 2Co 8:2
      1. Somehow they had discovered "the joy of giving"
      2. Perhaps they took to heart the teaching of...
         a. The Lord relating to the blessedness of giving - Ac 20:35
         b. James to the value of persecution - Jm 1:2-4
      3. In any case, this is the kind of giving that God loves - 2 Co 9:7

   C. THEY GAVE "VOLUNTARILY" - 2Co 8:3
      1. They were "freely willing"
      2. This is the kind of giving God requires today...
         a. We can not command people to give against their will - cf.
            2Co 8:8
         b. We can only command how it is to be done to help needy 
            saints abroad - cf. 1Co 16:1-4
         c. Giving must come from "a willing mind" - 2Co 8:12
         d. Giving must never be done "begrudgingly" or because you
            "have to" - 2Co 9:7
         e. Otherwise, you might as well not give at all

   D. THEY GAVE "PERSISTENTLY" - 2Co 8:4
      1. As Paul says, "imploring us with much urgency"
      2. They wouldn't take "no" for an answer (or for an easy way 
         out!)
      3. With the Philippians, we know their giving to Paul persisted
         throughout his life

   E. THEY GAVE "THEMSELVES" - 2Co 8:5
      1. Perhaps this explains how they were able to give as they did!
      2. They gave themselves "first to the Lord"
         a. When a person does this, they do not worry about "the cost
            of giving"
         b. For they have the promise of Jesus in Mt 6:25-34
      3. Having given themselves first to the Lord, it is only natural
         that they would give "then to us (others)"
         a. For such is a mark of true discipleship - cf. Jn 13:34-35
         b. And it is a mark of true love for God - cf. 1Jn 4:20-21

CONCLUSION

1. What a example to motivate us in the art of giving!

2. Here are churches that were not expected to give because of their 
   own poverty
   a. Yet they gave:
      1) Sacrificially
      2) Joyfully
      3) Voluntarily
      4) Persistently
      5) Themselves
   b. They gave:
      1) To support preachers in the spread of the gospel
      2) To help needy Christians in a foreign land
      3) To help an old preacher in his time of need

3. Their example is much better than the "tithing" in the OT!
   a. And there are others we could have referred to:  Jerusalem, 
      Antioch, etc.
   b. Of course, the supreme example is that of Jesus Christ - 2Co 8:9

4. Brethren, what kind of givers are we?
   a. Those who give out of compulsion, with a grudging obligation?
   b. Or those who like the Macedonians "beg" for the opportunity to
      help?
   -- May the churches of Macedonia serve to remind us of what is 
      involved in "Giving Par Excellence!"

Finally, have you thought about what kind of "recipient" you are?  
Christ became poor that we might be rich (2Co 8:9).  Have you accepted
His gracious offer properly, or has it been offered in vain...

   "We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to
   receive the grace of God in vain. For He says: "In an acceptable
   time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped
   you." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of
   salvation."  (2Co 6:1-2)

Let the Jews on the Day of Pentecost be your example of "receiving par
excellence" as how one ought to receive the grace of God today! - cf.
Ac 2:36-41

From Jim McGuiggan... SOMETHING WORTH DYING FOR

SOMETHING WORTH DYING FOR

In that mysterious and provocative book, Ecclesiastes, the writer insists (9:4, AV), “A live dog is better than a dead lion.”

I don’t doubt for a moment that the bulk of us in the West would insist that a live dog is better than a living lion. Some of us, who adore our pets, if pressed, would even think our dead dog is better than a live lion. But while dogs are precious and, in some parts of the world, even indispensable, they aren’t held in high esteem everywhere and that was certainly true of ancient Hebrews. Given the nature of our little Yorkshire terrier, Cassie, and our affection for her, it simply isn’t in Ethel or me to say a lion is better than her in any state. But, then, Ecclesiastes isn’t working from our perspective.

We don’t need to abuse “the Compiler” (the Qohelet—note the debate about how the word should be rendered) of Ecclesiastes even if we don’t always agree with him. In this text he is taking for granted the ancient view of the difference between the grandeur and majesty of a living lion and the pathetic Eastern living dog, usually a skinny scavenger of a thing. So picture the remains of a once majestic lion rotting in the sun and a skinny despised dog cautiously sniffing around it as it draws closer to the once mighty monarch. “A live dog is better than a dead lion.”

What is “the Compiler” of wise sayings (see 12:9-11) telling us in this 9:4 text? Given his perspective he is telling us that death is the worst of all states and consequently, living, however wretched it is, allows you to hope that things might get better but once you die it can neither get better nor worse!

And yet, he goes on to speak of living, even at its best, as meaningless; so you might as well eat, drink and be merry in this pointless merry-go-round called life (9:9). Still, however pointless he feels life to be and however pointless he thinks God meant it to be, he thinks death is the worst of all states! Given his perspective, who can’t see his point?

But however arguable his case, however wise the sceptics are in areas of philosophy and science and medicine, once we’re convinced by one sure word of revelation—one sure sight of Jesus Christ—we can’t follow them; for all their brilliance we can’t agree with them. With the appearance of Jesus of Nazareth and all that followed it isn’t possible for us to believe that a live dog is better than a dead lion—that is, that the supreme good is simply to be alive. It isn’t!

A dead lion was once a living lion and a living dog will one day be a dead dog.

Not all deaths are the same! There are deaths endured in glorious circumstances and deaths suffered in shame and cowardice.

Given the right circumstances some die the death of a lion and others die the death of a dog.

Is there not something worth dying for?

Men and women, young and old, have been laying down their lives for thousands of years so that others might benefit. These people loved and cherished life as much as the next person but there was that in them that cherished others and other things more than biological living.

To save his life Thomas Cranmer signed a recantation document in which he denied his soul’s convictions. Having done it he hated and couldn’t live with himself so he immediately recanted his recantation and swore that when he burned the first thing that would burn would be the hand that signed the cowardly recantation. True to his word when the flames were rising around him he shoved the offending hand into the flame and burned it right off and then died a lion’s death rather than live a dog’s life.

Charles Farrar Browne, born in Maine in 1834 died of TB at the age of thirty-three, but not before he became famous as Artemus Ward, a political satirist, to whom the city of Washington DC erected a statue. It’s said of him that he went into a polling booth and searched around in obvious bewilderment for the right docket. An aide asked if he could help him, “Who do you want to vote for?” Ward said, “I want to vote for Henry Clay.” The officer protested, “But Henry Clay has been dead for years!” Ward said, “I know, but I’d rather vote for Henry Clay dead than for either of these two candidates living.”

To love life and wish for good days is not only right, it’s natural and it’s a God-given capacity! Don’t be misled by some overly-pious talk about Christians being the kind that simply can’t wait to get out of this life and on to heaven. There’s a species of nonsense that floats around under the name of devotion to God that almost despises this life (at least, it speaks that kind of language), its pleasures and joys. Those who promote that think they’re speaking for God and all true Christians—they aren’t!

It isn’t just the “unknown” (that is, what we haven’t experienced) that keeps many of us from wanting to die, it’s the joy of life, the beauty of the creation, the glory of intimacy, the security of the familiar and the predictable and the warmth and loveliness of familiar faces and places. There are people who don’t want to be separated one from another even for a day—why should we think they’d want to be separated for who knows how long? Do we have to make heaven glorious and attractive at the expense of the loveliness of life? Must we speak disparagingly of this life in order to make heaven seem more desirable? It isn't hard to understand that the tormented and abused who have lived long in despair and ceaseless pain would look forward in eagerness for heaven but for those to whom God has given a wonderful life (especially if they are not without Jesus here and now)—what’s the hurry?

In the old song, The Sunshine of Your Smile the lover speaks of his beloved’s dear face and says, “Were you not mine/How dark the night would be/I know no light above that can replace/Love’s radiant sunshine in your own dear face.” He goes on to say, “Give me your smile/The love light in your eyes/Life cannot not hold a fairer paradise.”

The thought of heaven does nothing for this lover in comparison with the heaven he finds with his beloved and it’s easy in our piety to find fault with that. But sometimes we Christians try too hard! No one will deny that to be with Christ is better but humans are humans, and God himself acknowledges that. “How can you say you love me whom you haven’t seen,” he wants to know, “when you don’t love those you have seen?” (1 John 4:20).

To love our loved ones at Jesus’ expense just won’t do; but that’s not at all the same as loving our loved ones more than loving a picture of what heaven will be like. In any case, the single point I want to make at this juncture is this: anyone who loves no one and nothing profoundly in this life—someone/something worth dying for—has had an utterly impoverished life!

Nevertheless, while this lovely life of ours is to be cherished and enjoyed—it is not to be worshipped! It is to be lived and enjoyed to the glory of God and if it is to be surrendered when he asks for it then it is to be given to him in thanksgiving expecting that it will be returned in even greater richness.

Many thanks to brother Ed Healy, for allowing me to post from his website, the abiding word.com.

From Gary... Bible reading and Study August 25

Bible reading and Study

August 25

The World English Bible

Aug. 25

Job 36-42

Job 36:1 Elihu also continued, and said,

Job 36:2 "Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God's behalf.

Job 36:3 I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Job 36:4 For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

Job 36:5 "Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Job 36:6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

Job 36:7 He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

Job 36:8 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

Job 36:9 then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

Job 36:10 He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.

Job 36:11 If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Job 36:12 But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; they shall die without knowledge.

Job 36:13 "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.

Job 36:14 They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

Job 36:15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.

Job 36:16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

Job 36:17 "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

Job 36:18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

Job 36:19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

Job 36:20 Don't desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Job 36:21 Take heed, don't regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

Job 36:22 Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

Job 36:23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'

Job 36:24 "Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung.

Job 36:25 All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off.

Job 36:26 Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

Job 36:27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

Job 36:28 Which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.

Job 36:29 Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?

Job 36:30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:31 For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

Job 36:32 He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

Job 36:33 Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up.

Job 37:1 "Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.

Job 37:2 Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth.

Job 37:3 He sends it forth under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.

Job 37:4 After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.

Job 37:5 God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can't comprehend.

Job 37:6 For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

Job 37:7 He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know it.

Job 37:8 Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.

Job 37:9 Out of its chamber comes the storm, and cold out of the north.

Job 37:10 By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.

Job 37:11 Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

Job 37:12 It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,

Job 37:13 Whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.

Job 37:14 "Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Job 37:15 Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Job 37:16 Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Job 37:17 You whose clothing is warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?

Job 37:18 Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

Job 37:19 Teach us what we shall tell him, for we can't make our case by reason of darkness.

Job 37:20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Job 37:21 Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

Job 37:22 Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.

Job 37:23 We can't reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

Job 37:24 Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."

Job 38:1 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

Job 38:2 "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 38:3 Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

Job 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

Job 38:5 Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

Job 38:6 Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

Job 38:7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:8 "Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

Job 38:9 when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

Job 38:10 marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

Job 38:11 and said, 'Here you may come, but no further. Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'

Job 38:12 "Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place;

Job 38:13 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

Job 38:14 It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.

Job 38:15 From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

Job 38:16 "Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

Job 38:17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Job 38:18 Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

Job 38:19 "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

Job 38:20 that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

Job 38:21 Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

Job 38:22 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

Job 38:23 which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Job 38:24 By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

Job 38:25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

Job 38:26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;

Job 38:27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

Job 38:28 Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

Job 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

Job 38:30 The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

Job 38:31 "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

Job 38:32 Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

Job 38:33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

Job 38:34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

Job 38:35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'

Job 38:36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

Job 38:37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

Job 38:38 when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

Job 38:39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

Job 38:40 when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?

Job 38:41 Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?

Job 39:1 "Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

Job 39:2 Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

Job 39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they end their labor pains.

Job 39:4 Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again.

Job 39:5 "Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

Job 39:6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?

Job 39:7 He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.

Job 39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

Job 39:9 "Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

Job 39:10 Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

Job 39:11 Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?

Job 39:12 Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?

Job 39:13 "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

Job 39:14 For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,

Job 39:15 and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.

Job 39:16 She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

Job 39:17 because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

Job 39:18 When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.

Job 39:19 "Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?

Job 39:20 Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.

Job 39:21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.

Job 39:22 He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.

Job 39:23 The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.

Job 39:24 He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

Job 39:25 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Job 39:26 "Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?

Job 39:27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?

Job 39:28 On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

Job 39:29 From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

Job 39:30 His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."

Job 40:1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

Job 40:2 "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

Job 40:3 Then Job answered Yahweh,

Job 40:4 "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 40:5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

Job 40:6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

Job 40:7 "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

Job 40:8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Job 40:9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

Job 40:10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

Job 40:11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

Job 40:12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

Job 40:13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Job 40:14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

Job 40:15 "See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.

Job 40:16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.

Job 40:17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

Job 40:18 His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.

Job 40:19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

Job 40:20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.

Job 40:21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

Job 40:22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

Job 40:23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

Job 40:24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Job 41:1 "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

Job 41:2 Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

Job 41:3 Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

Job 41:4 Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?

Job 41:5 Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?

Job 41:6 Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?

Job 41:7 Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?

Job 41:8 Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.

Job 41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him?

Job 41:10 None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

Job 41:11 Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

Job 41:12 "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

Job 41:13 Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

Job 41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.

Job 41:15 Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.

Job 41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

Job 41:17 They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.

Job 41:18 His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Job 41:19 Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap forth.

Job 41:20 Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

Job 41:21 His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.

Job 41:22 There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.

Job 41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.

Job 41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.

Job 41:25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

Job 41:26 If one attacks him with the sword, it can't prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

Job 41:27 He counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood.

Job 41:28 The arrow can't make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

Job 41:29 Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

Job 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

Job 41:31 He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

Job 41:32 He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

Job 41:33 On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.

Job 41:34 He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride."

Job 42:1 Then Job answered Yahweh,

Job 42:2 "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

Job 42:3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

Job 42:4 You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'

Job 42:5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

Job 42:6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."

Job 42:7 It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

Job 42:8 Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has."

Job 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.

Job 42:10 Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Job 42:11 Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

Job 42:12 So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

Job 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.

Job 42:14 He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.

Job 42:15 In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

Job 42:16 After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, to four generations.

Job 42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days.

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Job

Job 36 1

Elihu also continued, and said,

And Elihu proceeded and said,

And Elihu addeth and saith: --

Job 36 2

"Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For I still have something to say on God`s behalf.

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for +God.

Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.

Job 36 3

I will get my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.

I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.

Job 36 4

For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.

For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.

Job 36 5

"Behold, God is mighty, and doesn`t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of

Lo, ·God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:

Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.

Job 36 6

He doesn`t preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.

He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.

He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

Job 36 7

He doesn`t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne, He sets them

forever, and they are exalted.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he

even set them for ever; and they are exalted.

He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne,

And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

Job 36 8

If they are bound in fetters, And are taken in the cords of afflictions,

And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,

And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

Job 36 9

Then he shows them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves

proudly.

Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.

Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they

have become mighty,

Job 36 10

He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity.

And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from

iniquity.

Job 36 11

If they listen and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in

pleasures.

If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their

years in pleasures.

If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in

pleasantness.

Job 36 12

But if they don`t listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge.

But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without

And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without

knowledge.

Job 36 13

"But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don`t cry for help when he binds them.

But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:

And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.

Job 36 14

They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.

Job 36 15

He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression.

But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their]

oppression.

He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their

ear.

Job 36 16

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no

restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where

there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.

And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place -- no straitness

under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

Job 36 17

"But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on

And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are

upheld -- because of fury,

Job 36 18

Don`t let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a

great ransom could not avail thee.

Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not

aside.

Job 36 19

Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength?

Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!

Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

Job 36 20

Don`t desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

Job 36 21

Take heed, don`t regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction.

Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on]

affliction.

Job 36 22

Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

Lo, ·God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?

Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him -- a teacher?

Job 36 23

Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, `You have committed unrighteousness?`

Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?

Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?`

Job 36 24

"Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.

Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.

Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.

Job 36 25

All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off.

All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.

All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.

Job 36 26

Behold, God is great, and we don`t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

Lo, ·God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be

searched out.

Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no

searching.

Job 36 27

For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor,

For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he

formeth,

When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its

vapour,

Job 36 28

Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly.

Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.

Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.

Job 36 29

Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion?

But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?

Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His

tabernacle?

Job 36 30

Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

Job 36 31

For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.

For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.

Job 36 32

He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.

By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

Job 36 33

The noise of it tells about him, And the cattle also concerning the storm that comes up.

His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.

He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.

Job 37 1

"Yes, at this my heart trembles, And is moved out of its place.

Aye, my heart trembleth at this also, and leapeth up out of its place:

Also, at this my heart trembleth, And it moveth from its place.

Job 37 2

Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, The sound that goes out of his mouth.

Hear attentively the roar of his voice, and the murmur going forth from his mouth.

Hearken diligently to the trembling of His voice, Yea, the sound from His mouth

goeth forth.

Job 37 3

He sends it forth under the whole sky, And his lightning to the ends of the earth.

He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light [is] over the skirts of the

earth.

Job 37 4

After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty; He doesn`t hold back

anything when his voice is heard.

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency, and holdeth not

back the flashes when his voice is heard.

After it roar doth a voice -- He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And

He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard.

Job 37 5

God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can`t comprehend.

·God thundereth marvellously with his voice, doing great things which we do not

comprehend.

God thundereth with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we know not.

Job 37 6

For he says to the snow, `Fall on the earth;` Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers

of his mighty rain.

For he saith to the snow, Fall on the earth! and to the pouring rain, even the pouring

rains of his might.

For to snow He saith, `Be [on] the earth.` And the small rain and great rain of His

power.

Job 37 7

He seals up the hand of every man, That all men whom he has made may know it.

He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

Into the hand of every man he sealeth, For the knowledge by all men of His work.

Job 37 8

Then the animals go into coverts, And remain in their dens.

And the wild beast goeth into its lair, and they remain in their dens.

And enter doth the beast into covert, And in its habitations it doth continue.

Job 37 9

Out of its chamber comes the storm, And cold out of the north.

From the chamber [of the south] cometh the whirlwind; and cold from the winds of the

north.

From the inner chamber cometh a hurricane, And from scatterings winds -- cold,

Job 37 10

By the breath of God, ice is given, And the breadth of the waters is frozen.

By the breath of ·God ice is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is straitened,

Job 37 11

Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;

Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

Job 37 12

It is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatever he commands them On

the surface of the habitable world,

And they are turned every way by his guidance, that they may do whatsoever he

commandeth them upon the face of the circuit of the earth,

And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth

them, On the face of the habitable earth.

Job 37 13

Whether it is for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he causes it to come.

Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.

Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness -- He doth cause it to come.

Job 37 14

"Listen to this, Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Hearken unto this, Job; stand still and discern the wondrous works of ·God.

Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.

Job 37 15

Do you know how God controls them, And causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Dost thou know how +God hath disposed them, and how he causeth the lightning of his

cloud to flash?

Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His

cloud?

Job 37 16

Do you know the workings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in

knowledge?

Dost thou know about the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him that is

perfect in knowledge?

Dost thou know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in

knowledge?

Job 37 17

You whose clothing is warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind?

How thy garments become warm when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

How thy garments [are] warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?

Job 37 18

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, Which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?

Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!

Job 37 19

Teach us what we shall tell him; For we can`t make our case by reason of darkness.

Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order [our words] by reason of darkness.

Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.

Job 37 20

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man [so] say, surely he shall be swallowed up.

Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.

Job 37 21

Now men don`t see the light which is bright in the skies, But the wind passes, and clears them.

And now [men] see not the light as it gleameth, it is [hidden] in the skies. But the wind

passeth by and cleareth them.

And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it [is] in the clouds, And the wind

hath passed by and cleanseth them.

Job 37 22

Out of the north comes golden splendor; With God is awesome majesty.

From the north cometh gold; with +God is terrible majesty.

From the golden north it cometh, Beside God [is] fearful honour.

Job 37 23

We can`t reach the Almighty, He is exalted in power; In justice and great righteousness he

will not oppress.

The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in

abundance of justice, he doth not afflict.

The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not

answer! And abundant in righteousness,

Job 37 24

Therefore men revere him. He doesn`t regard any who are wise of heart."

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

Therefore do men fear Him, He seeth not any of the wise of heart.

Job 38 1

Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

Job 38 2

"Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Who [is] this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

Job 38 3

Brace yourself like a man, For I will question you, then you answer me!

Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Job 38 4

"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known

understanding.

Job 38 5

Who determined the measures of it, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a

line?

Job 38 6

Whereupon were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,

On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

Job 38 7

When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

Job 38 8

"Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth from the womb,

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it

goeth out.

Job 38 9

When I made clouds the garment of it, Thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

Job 38 10

Marked out for it my bound, Set bars and doors,

When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

Job 38 11

And said, `Here you may come, but no further; Here shall your proud waves be stayed?`

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be

stayed?

And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride

of thy billows.`

Job 38 12

"Have you commanded the morning in your days, And caused the dawn to know its place;

Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its

place,

Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its

place?

Job 38 13

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And shake the wicked out of it?

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?

To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

Job 38 14

It is changed as clay under the seal, And stands forth as a garment.

It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:

It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.

Job 38 15

From the wicked, their light is withheld, The high arm is broken.

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

Job 38 16

"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of

the deep?

Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou

walked up and down?

Job 38 17

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the

shadow of death?

Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou

see?

Job 38 18

Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest

it all.

Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou

hast known it all.

Job 38 19

"What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is the place of it,

Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,

Where [is] this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this -- its place?

Job 38 20

That you should take it to the bound of it, That you should discern the paths to the house of it?

That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its

house?

That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths

of its house.

Job 38 21

Surely you know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!

Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!

Job 38 22

Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, Or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of

the hail,

Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou

see?

Job 38 23

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?

That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

Job 38 24

By what way is the lightning distributed, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

By what way is the light parted, [and] the east wind scattered upon the earth?

Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the

earth.

Job 38 25

Who has cut a channel for the flood water, Or the path for the thunderstorm;

Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder`s flash;

Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the

voices?

Job 38 26

To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, in which there is no man;

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a

man;

To cause [it] to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.

Job 38 27

To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, To cause the tender grass to spring forth?

To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring

forth?

To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the

tender grass?

Job 38 28

Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?

Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Job 38 29

Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?

From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath

begotten it?

Job 38 30

The waters become hard like stone, When the surface of the deep is frozen.

When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

Job 38 31

"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loosen the cords of Orion?

Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou

open?

Job 38 32

Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear

with her sons?

Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou

comfort?

Job 38 33

Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish the dominion of it over the earth?

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the

earth?

Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the

earth?

Job 38 34

"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

Job 38 35

Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, `Here we are?`

Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?`

Job 38 36

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?

Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part

understanding?

Job 38 37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,

Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth

cause to lie down,

Job 38 38

When the dust runs into a mass, And the clods of earth stick together?

When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

Job 38 39

"Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young

lions,

Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

Job 38 40

When they crouch in their dens, And lie in wait in the thicket?

When they crouch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?

Job 38 41

Who provides for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry to God, And wander for lack of

food?

Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto ·God, [and] they

wander for lack of meat?

Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God?

They wander without food.

Job 39 1

"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears

fawns?

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the

calving of the hinds?

Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The

bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!

Job 39 2

Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they

bring forth?

Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their

bringing forth!

Job 39 3

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains.

They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;

They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast

forth.

Job 39 4

Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don`t

return again.

Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and

return not unto them.

Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have

not returned to them.

Job 39 5

"Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?

Job 39 6

Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?

Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,

Job 39 7

He scorns the tumult of the city, Neither hears he the shouting of the driver.

He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.

Job 39 8

The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.

Job 39 9

"Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?

Job 39 10

Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys

after thee?

Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys

after thee?

Job 39 11

Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?

Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy

labour to him?

Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him

thy labour?

Job 39 12

Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, And gather the grain of your

threshing floor?

Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-

floor doth gather [it]?

Job 39 13

"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

The wing of the ostrich beats joyously -- But is it the stork`s pinion and plumage?

The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

Job 39 14

For she leaves her eggs on the earth, Warms them in the dust,

For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

Job 39 15

And forgets that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild animal may trample them.

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample

them.

And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

Job 39 16

She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain,

she is without fear,

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in

vain, without her concern.

Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.

Job 39 17

Because God has deprived her of wisdom, Neither has he imparted to her understanding.

For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her

in understanding:

Job 39 18

When she lifts up herself on high, She scorns the horse and his rider.

What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his

rider.

Job 39 19

"Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?

Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering

mane?

Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?

Job 39 20

Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.

Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible.

Job 39 21

He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: He goes out to meet the armed men.

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed

host.

They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.

Job 39 22

He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither does he turn back from the sword.

He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face

of the sword.

Job 39 23

The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.

Job 39 24

He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, Neither does he stand still at the sound of the

trumpet.

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the

sound of the trumpet:

With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast

Because of the sound of a trumpet.

Job 39 25

As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, `Aha!` He smells the battle afar off, The thunder of

the captains, and the shouting.

At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the

thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of

princes and shouting.

Job 39 26

"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, And stretches her wings toward the south?

Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

Job 39 27

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, And makes his nest on high?

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?

At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?

Job 39 28

On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, On the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:

A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.

Job 39 29

From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

Job 39 30

His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."

And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.

And his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced [are] -- there [is] he!

Job 40 1

Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

And Jehovah answered Job and said,

And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --

Job 40 2

"Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth +God, let

him answer it.

Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

Job 40 3

Then Job answered Yahweh,

And Job answered Jehovah and said,

And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --

Job 40 4

"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

Job 40 5

I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.

Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

Job 40 6

Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

Job 40 7

"Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Job 40 8

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?

Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest

be righteous?

Job 40 9

Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

Hast thou an arm like ·God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

Job 40 10

"Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and

splendour.

Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

Job 40 11

Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase

him:

Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him

low.

Job 40 12

Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their

See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

Job 40 13

Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.

Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

Job 40 14

Then I will also admit to you That your own right hand can save you.

Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.

And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

Job 40 15

"See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.

See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.

Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

Job 40 16

Look now, his strength is in his loins, His force is in the muscles of his belly.

Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.

Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his

belly.

Job 40 17

He moves his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.

He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

Job 40 18

His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.

His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.

His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

Job 40 19

He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

He is the chief of ·God`s ways: he that made him gave him his sword.

He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

Job 40 20

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the animals of the field do play.

For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

Job 40 21

He lies under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:

Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

Job 40 22

The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

Job 40 23

Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn`t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even

to his mouth.

Lo, the river overfloweth -- he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth

against his mouth.

Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth

come forth unto his mouth.

Job 40 24

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?

Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?

Job 41 1

"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?

Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his

tongue?

Job 41 2

Can you put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?

Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?

Job 41 3

Will he make many petitions to you? Or will he speak soft words to you?

Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?

Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things?

Job 41 4

Will he make a covenant with you, That you should take him for a servant forever?

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?

Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during?

Job 41 5

Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?

Job 41 6

Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?

Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?

(Feast upon him do companions, They divide him among the merchants!)

Job 41 7

Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?

Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head?

Job 41 8

Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.

Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, -- do no more!

Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle -- do not add!

Job 41 9

Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?

Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down?

Job 41 10

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?

None so fierce that he doth awake him, And who [is] he before Me stationeth

himself?

Job 41 11

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole

heaven is mine.

Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it [is] mine.

Job 41 12

"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.

I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace

of his arrangement.

Job 41 13

Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?

Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth

enter?

Job 41 14

Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.

Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

The doors of his face who hath opened? Round about his teeth [are] terrible.

Job 41 15

Strong scales are his pride, Shut up together with a close seal.

The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.

A pride -- strong ones of shields, Shut up -- a close seal.

Job 41 16

One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.

One is so near to another that no air can come between them;

One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them.

Job 41 17

They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they can`t be pulled apart.

They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.

One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated.

Job 41 18

His sneezing flashes forth light, His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes [are] as the eyelids of the dawn.

Job 41 19

Out of his mouth go burning torches, Sparks of fire leap forth.

Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:

Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape.

Job 41 20

Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, As of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.

Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds.

Job 41 21

His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.

His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth.

Job 41 22

In his neck there is strength. Terror dances before him.

In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.

In his neck lodge doth strength, And before him doth grief exult.

Job 41 23

The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can`t be moved.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.

The flakes of his flesh have adhered -- Firm upon him -- it is not moved.

Job 41 24

His heart is as firm as a stone, Yes, firm as the lower millstone.

His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone].

His heart [is] firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece.

Job 41 25

When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with

consternation.

From his rising are the mighty afraid, From breakings they keep themselves free.

Job 41 26

If one lay at him with the sword, it can`t avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.

The sword of his overtaker standeth not, Spear -- dart -- and lance.

Job 41 27

He counts iron as straw; And brass as rotten wood.

He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.

He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.

Job 41 28

The arrow can`t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are

stones of the sling.

Job 41 29

Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.

As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.

Job 41 30

His undersides are like sharp potsherds, Leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.

Under him [are] sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire.

Job 41 31

He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;

He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment.

Job 41 32

He makes a path to shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.

After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary.

Job 41 33

On earth there is not his equal, That is made without fear.

Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

There is not on the earth his like, That is made without terror.

Job 41 34

He sees everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride."

He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.

Every high thing he doth see, He [is] king over all sons of pride.

Job 42 1

Then Job answered Yahweh,

And Job answered Jehovah and said,

And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: --

Job 42 2

"I know that you can do all things, And that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

I know that thou canst do everything, and that thou canst be hindered in no thought of

thine.

Thou hast known that [for] all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is

[any] device:

Job 42 3

You asked, `Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?` Therefore I have uttered that

which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn`t know.

Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did

not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

`Who [is] this, hiding counsel without knowledge?` Therefore, I have declared,

and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.

Job 42 4

You said, `Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.`

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.

`Hear, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.`

Job 42 5

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees you.

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:

By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.

Job 42 6

Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."

Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

Therefore do I loathe [it], And I have repented on dust and ashes.

Job 42 7

It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite,

"My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me

the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to

Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends;

for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.

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.

Job 42 8

Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer

up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him,

that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is

right, as my servant Job has."

And now, take for yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and

offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for him

will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly,

like my servant Job.

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.

Job 42 9

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what

Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went

and did according as Jehovah had said unto them; and Jehovah accepted Job.

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.

Job 42 10

Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as

much as he had before.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and Jehovah

gave Job twice as much as he had before.

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.

Job 42 11

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his

acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled

him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of

money, and everyone a ring of gold.

And all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance

before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they condoled with

him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him; and

every one gave him a piece of money, and every one a golden ring.

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.

Job 42 12

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand

sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen

thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand

she-asses.

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.

Job 42 13

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

And he had seven sons and three daughters.

And he hath seven sons and three daughters;

Job 42 14

He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the

third, Keren-happuch.

And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the

name of the third, Keren-happuch.

and he calleth the name of the one Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia, and

the name of the third Keren-Happuch.

Job 42 15

In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them

an inheritance among their brothers.

And in all the land were no women found [so] fair as the daughters of Job; and their

father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

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.

Job 42 16

After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons` sons, to four

generations.

And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons` sons,

four generations.

And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his

sons` sons, four generations;

Job 42 17

So Job died, being old and full of days.

And Job died, old and full of days.

and Job dieth, aged and satisfied [with] days.

Study Questions

What do the godless lay up? 36:13

How is God exalted? 36:22

How could we summarize Elihu's argument about the wonders of God, and how does this apply to Job? 37:14-24

What is God doing in 38:1-3?

Who knows the answers to the many questions God asks Job? 38:1-41

How does the animal kingdom reflect the glory of God? (Chapter 39)

What is the question BEHIND the question found in 40:2?

Does God REALLY want instruction or is HE just putting Job in his "place"? 40:6-14

What does Levithan show us about God? 41:1-9 (10, 11)

What is Job's response to God (42:1-6) and how could we apply this answer to ourselves?

The World English Bible

Aug. 25

Romans 6

Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Rom 6:2 May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

Rom 6:3 Or don't you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Rom 6:4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Rom 6:5 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

Rom 6:6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

Rom 6:7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.

Rom 6:8 But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;

Rom 6:9 knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!

Rom 6:10 For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.

Rom 6:11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Rom 6:12 Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

Rom 6:13 Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Rom 6:14 For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

Rom 6:15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

Rom 6:16 Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Rom 6:17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.

Rom 6:18 Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

Rom 6:19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

Rom 6:20 For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

Rom 6:21 What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Rom 6:22 But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.

Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Romans

Romans 6 1

What will we say then? Will we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

What then shall we say? Should we continue in sin that grace may abound?

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound?

Romans 6 2

Certainly not! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

Far be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it?

let it not be! we who died to the sin -- how shall we still live in it?

Romans 6 3

Or don`t you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Are you ignorant that we, as many as have been baptised unto Christ Jesus, have been

baptised unto his death?

are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death

were baptized?

Romans 6 4

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised

from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

We have been buried therefore with him by baptism unto death, in order that, even as

Christ has been raised up from among [the] dead by the glory of the Father, so *we* also

should walk in newness of life.

we were buried together, then, with him through the baptism to the death, that

even as Christ was raised up out of the dead through the glory of the Father, so

also we in newness of life might walk.

Romans 6 5

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his

resurrection;

For if we are become identified with [him] in the likeness of his death, so also we shall be

of [his] resurrection;

For, if we have become planted together to the likeness of his death, [so] also we

shall be of the rising again;

Romans 6 6

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away

with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with [him], that the body of sin might

be annulled, that we should no longer serve sin.

this knowing, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of the sin

may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;

Romans 6 7

For he who has died has been freed from sin.

For he that has died is justified from sin.

for he who hath died hath been set free from the sin.

Romans 6 8

But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him,

And if we died with Christ, we believe that we also shall live with him,

Romans 6 9

knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion

over him!

knowing that Christ having been raised up from among [the] dead dies no more: death

has dominion over him no more.

knowing that Christ, having been raised up out of the dead, doth no more die,

death over him hath no more lordship;

Romans 6 10

For the death that he died, he died to sin once; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.

For in that he has died, he has died to sin once for all; but in that he lives, he lives to God.

for in that he died, to the sin he died once, and in that he liveth, he liveth to God;

Romans 6 11

Thus also consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So also *ye*, reckon yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

so also ye, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to the sin, and living to God in

Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6 12

Therefore don`t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.

Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;

Romans 6 13

Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves

to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Neither yield your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves

to God as alive from among [the] dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to

God.

neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but

present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members

instruments of righteousness to God;

Romans 6 14

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

For sin shall not have dominion over *you*, for ye are not under law but under grace.

for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 6 15

What then? Will we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!

What then? should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Far be the

thought.

What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not

be!

Romans 6 16

Don`t you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you

are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to

him whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience,

servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to

righteousness?

Romans 6 17

But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were servants of sin, you became obedient from the

heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.

But thanks [be] to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but have obeyed from the heart the

form of teaching into which ye were instructed.

and thanks to God, that ye were servants of the sin, and -- were obedient from the

heart to the form of teaching to which ye were delivered up;

Romans 6 18

Being made free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.

and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.

Romans 6 19

I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members

as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your

members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

I speak humanly on account of the weakness of your flesh. For even as ye have yielded your

members in bondage to uncleanness and to lawlessness unto lawlessness, so now yield

your members in bondage to righteousness unto holiness.

In the manner of men I speak, because of the weakness of your flesh, for even as ye

did present your members servants to the uncleanness and to the lawlessness -- to

the lawlessness, so now present your members servants to the righteousness -- to

sanctification,

Romans 6 20

For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

For when ye were bondmen of sin ye were free from righteousness.

for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness,

Romans 6 21

What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the

end of those things is death.

What fruit therefore had ye *then* in the things of which ye are *now* ashamed? for the

end of *them* [is] death.

what fruit, therefore, were ye having then, in the things of which ye are now

ashamed? for the end of those [is] death.

Romans 6 22

But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of

sanctification, and the result of eternal life.

But *now*, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye

have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life.

And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye

have your fruit -- to sanctification, and the end life age-during;

Romans 6 23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For the wages of sin [is] death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our

Lord.

for the wages of the sin [is] death, and the gift of God [is] life age-during in Christ

Jesus our Lord.

Study Questions

What are we to be baptized into? 6:3