Job 14 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 15

¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

KJVThen answered^H6030^(H8799) Eliphaz^H464 the Temanite^H8489, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

KJVShould a wise man^H2450 utter^H6030^(H8799) vain^H7307 knowledge^H1847, and fill^H4390^(H8762) his belly^H990 with the east wind^H6921?

³ Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?

KJVShould he reason^H3198^(H8687) with unprofitable^H5532^(H8799) talk^H1697? or with speeches^H4405 wherewith he can do no good^H3276^(H8686)?

⁴ Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.

KJVYea, thou castest off^H6565^(H8686) fear^H3374, and restrainest^H1639^(H8799) prayer^H7881 before^H6440 God^H410.

⁵ For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

KJVFor thy mouth^H6310 uttereth^H502^(H8762) thine iniquity^H5771, and thou choosest^H977^(H8799) the tongue^H3956 of the crafty^H6175.

⁶ Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

KJVThine own mouth^H6310 condemneth^H7561^(H8686) thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips^H8193 testify^H6030^(H8799) against thee.

⁷ “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?

KJVArt thou the first^H7223^(H8675)^H7223 man^H120 that was born^H3205^(H8735)? or wast thou made^H2342^(H8797) before^H6440 the hills^H1389?

⁸ Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

KJVHast thou heard^H8085^(H8799) the secret^H5475 of God^H433? and dost thou restrain^H1639^(H8799) wisdom^H2451 to thyself?

⁹ What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?

KJVWhat knowest^H3045^(H8804) thou, that we know^H3045^(H8799) not? what understandest^H995^(H8799) thou, which is not in us?

¹⁰ With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.

KJVWith us are both the grayheaded^H7867^(H8802) and very aged^H3453 men, much^H3524 elder^H3117 than thy father^H1.

¹¹ Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?

KJVAre the consolations^H8575 of God^H410 small^H4592 with thee? is there any secret^H328 thing^H1697 with thee?

¹² Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,

KJVWhy doth thine heart^H3820 carry thee away^H3947^(H8799)? and what do thy eyes^H5869 wink at^H7335^(H8799),

¹³ that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

KJVThat thou turnest^H7725^(H8686) thy spirit^H7307 against God^H410, and lettest such words^H4405 go out^H3318^(H8689) of thy mouth^H6310?

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

KJVWhat is man^H582, that he should be clean^H2135^(H8799)? and he which is born^H3205^(H8803) of a woman^H802, that he should be righteous^H6663^(H8799)?

¹⁵ Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;

KJVBehold, he putteth no trust^H539^(H8686) in his saints^H6918; yea, the heavens^H8064 are not clean^H2141^(H8804) in his sight^H5869.

¹⁶ how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

KJVHow much more abominable^H8581^(H8737) and filthy^H444^(H8737) is man^H376, which drinketh^H8354^(H8802) iniquity^H5766^(H8675)^H5766 like water^H4325?

¹⁷ “I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare

KJVI will shew^H2331^(H8762) thee, hear^H8085^(H8798) me; and that which I have seen^H2372^(H8804) I will declare^H5608^(H8762);

¹⁸ (which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;

KJVWhich wise^H2450 men have told^H5046^(H8686) from their fathers^H1, and have not hid^H3582^(H8765) it:

¹⁹ to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):

KJVUnto whom alone the earth^H776 was given^H5414^(H8738), and no stranger^H2114^(H8801) passed^H5674^(H8804) among^H8432 them.

²⁰ the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

KJVThe wicked^H7563 man travaileth^H2342^(H8711) with pain all his days^H3117, and the number^H4557 of years^H8141 is hidden^H6845^(H8738) to the oppressor^H6184.

²¹ A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.

KJVA dreadful^H6343 sound^H6963 is in his ears^H241: in prosperity^H7965 the destroyer^H7703^(H8802) shall come^H935^(H8799) upon him.

²² He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

KJVHe believeth^H539^(H8686) not that he shall return^H7725^(H8800) out of darkness^H2822, and he is waited^H6822^(H8803) for of the sword^H2719.

²³ He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

KJVHe wandereth abroad^H5074^(H8802) for bread^H3899, saying, Where is it? he knoweth^H3045^(H8804) that the day^H3117 of darkness^H2822 is ready^H3559^(H8737) at his hand^H3027.

²⁴ Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

KJVTrouble^H6862 and anguish^H4691 shall make him afraid^H1204^(H8762); they shall prevail^H8630^(H8799) against him, as a king^H4428 ready^H6264 to the battle^H3593.

²⁵ Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,

KJVFor he stretcheth out^H5186^(H8804) his hand^H3027 against God^H410, and strengtheneth^H1396^(H8691) himself against the Almighty^H7706.

²⁶ he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,

KJVHe runneth^H7323^(H8799) upon him, even on his neck^H6677, upon the thick^H5672 bosses^H1354 of his bucklers^H4043:

²⁷ because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

KJVBecause he covereth^H3680^(H8765) his face^H6440 with his fatness^H2459, and maketh^H6213^(H8799) collops of fat^H6371 on his flanks^H3689.

²⁸ He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

KJVAnd he dwelleth^H7931^(H8799) in desolate^H3582^(H8737) cities^H5892, and in houses^H1004 which no man inhabiteth^H3427^(H8799), which are ready^H6257^(H8694) to become heaps^H1530.

²⁹ He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.

KJVHe shall not be rich^H6238^(H8799), neither shall his substance^H2428 continue^H6965^(H8799), neither shall he prolong^H5186^(H8799) the perfection^H4512 thereof upon the earth^H776.

³⁰ He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.

KJVHe shall not depart^H5493^(H8799) out of darkness^H2822; the flame^H7957 shall dry up^H3001^(H8762) his branches^H3127, and by the breath^H7307 of his mouth^H6310 shall he go away^H5493^(H8799).

³¹ Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.

KJVLet not him that is deceived^H8582^(H8738) trust^H539^(H8686) in vanity^H7723: for vanity^H7723 shall be his recompence^H8545.

³² It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.

KJVIt shall be accomplished^H4390^(H8735) before^H3808 his time^H3117, and his branch^H3712 shall not be green^H7488.

³³ He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.

KJVHe shall shake off^H2554^(H8799) his unripe grape^H1154 as the vine^H1612, and shall cast off^H7993^(H8686) his flower^H5328 as the olive^H2132.

³⁴ For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

KJVFor the congregation^H5712 of hypocrites^H2611 shall be desolate^H1565, and fire^H784 shall consume^H398^(H8804) the tabernacles^H168 of bribery^H7810.

³⁵ They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”

KJVThey conceive^H2029^(H8800) mischief^H5999, and bring forth^H3205^(H8800) vanity^H205, and their belly^H990 prepareth^H3559^(H8686) deceit^H4820.

WEB·Job 14

¹“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

KJVMan^H120 that is born^H3205^(H8803) of a woman^H802 is of few^H7116 days^H3117, and full^H7649 of trouble^H7267.

² He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

KJVHe cometh forth^H3318^(H8804) like a flower^H6731, and is cut down^H5243^(H8799): he fleeth^H1272^(H8799) also as a shadow^H6738, and continueth^H5975^(H8799) not.

³ Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

KJVAnd dost thou open^H6491^(H8804) thine eyes^H5869 upon such an one^H2088, and bringest^H935^(H8686) me into judgment^H4941 with thee?

⁴ Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

KJVWho can bring^H5414^(H8799) a clean^H2889 thing out of an unclean^H2931? not one^H259.

⁵ Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass.

KJVSeeing^H518 his days^H3117 are determined^H2782^(H8803), the number^H4557 of his months^H2320 are with thee, thou hast appointed^H6213^(H8804) his bounds^H2706 that he cannot pass^H5674^(H8799);

⁶ Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.

KJVTurn^H8159^(H8798) from him, that he may rest^H2308^(H8799), till he shall accomplish^H7521^(H8799), as an hireling^H7916, his day^H3117.

⁷ “For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.

KJVFor there is^H3426 hope^H8615 of a tree^H6086, if it be cut down^H3772^(H8735), that it will sprout again^H2498^(H8686), and that the tender branch^H3127 thereof will not cease^H2308^(H8799).

⁸ Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,

KJVThough the root^H8328 thereof wax old^H2204^(H8686) in the earth^H776, and the stock^H1503 thereof die^H4191^(H8799) in the ground^H6083;

⁹ yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.

KJVYet through the scent^H7381 of water^H4325 it will bud^H6524^(H8686), and bring forth^H6213^(H8804) boughs^H7105 like a plant^H5194.

¹⁰ But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

KJVBut man^H1397 dieth^H4191^(H8799), and wasteth away^H2522^(H8799): yea, man^H120 giveth up the ghost^H1478^(H8799), and where is he?

¹¹ As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

KJVAs the waters^H4325 fail^H235^(H8804) from the sea^H3220, and the flood^H5104 decayeth^H2717^(H8799) and drieth up^H3001^(H8804):

¹² so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

KJVSo man^H376 lieth down^H7901^(H8804), and riseth^H6965^(H8799) not: till the heavens^H8064 be no more^H1115, they shall not awake^H6974^(H8686), nor be raised out^H5782^(H8735) of their sleep^H8142.

¹³ “Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!

KJVO that^H5414^(H8799) thou wouldest hide^H6845^(H8686) me in the grave^H7585, that thou wouldest keep me secret^H5641^(H8686), until thy wrath^H639 be past^H7725^(H8800), that thou wouldest appoint^H7896^(H8799) me a set time^H2706, and remember^H2142^(H8799) me!

¹⁴ If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.

KJVIf a man^H1397 die^H4191^(H8799), shall he live^H2421^(H8799) again? all the days^H3117 of my appointed time^H6635 will I wait^H3176^(H8762), till my change^H2487 come^H935^(H8800).

¹⁵ You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.

KJVThou shalt call^H7121^(H8799), and I will answer^H6030^(H8799) thee: thou wilt have a desire^H3700^(H8799) to the work^H4639 of thine hands^H3027.

¹⁶ But now you count my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?

KJVFor now thou numberest^H5608^(H8799) my steps^H6806: dost thou not watch^H8104^(H8799) over my sin^H2403?

¹⁷ My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.

KJVMy transgression^H6588 is sealed up^H2856^(H8803) in a bag^H6872, and thou sewest up^H2950^(H8799) mine iniquity^H5771.

¹⁸ “But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place.

KJVAnd surely^H199 the mountain^H2022 falling^H5307^(H8802) cometh to nought^H5034^(H8799), and the rock^H6697 is removed^H6275^(H8799) out of his place^H4725.

¹⁹ The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

KJVThe waters^H4325 wear^H7833^(H8804) the stones^H68: thou washest away^H7857^(H8799) the things which grow^H5599 out of the dust^H6083 of the earth^H776; and thou destroyest^H6^(H8689) the hope^H8615 of man^H582.

²⁰ You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

KJVThou prevailest^H8630^(H8799) for ever^H5331 against him, and he passeth^H1980^(H8799): thou changest^H8138^(H8764) his countenance^H6440, and sendest him away^H7971^(H8762).

²¹ His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.

KJVHis sons^H1121 come to honour^H3513^(H8799), and he knoweth^H3045^(H8799) it not; and they are brought low^H6819^(H8799), but he perceiveth^H995^(H8799) it not of them.

²² But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”

KJVBut his flesh^H1320 upon him shall have pain^H3510^(H8799), and his soul^H5315 within him shall mourn^H56^(H8799).

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