Job 21 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 22

¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

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

² “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

KJVCan a man^H1397 be profitable^H5532^(H8799) unto God^H410, as^H3588 he that is wise^H7919^(H8688) may be profitable^H5532^(H8799) unto himself?

³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?

KJVIs it any pleasure^H2656 to the Almighty^H7706, that thou art righteous^H6663^(H8799)? or is it gain^H1215 to him, that thou makest thy ways^H1870 perfect^H8552^(H8686)?

⁴ Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?

KJVWill he reprove^H3198^(H8686) thee for fear^H3374 of thee? will he enter^H935^(H8799) with thee into judgment^H4941?

⁵ Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.

KJVIs not thy wickedness^H7451 great^H7227? and thine iniquities^H5771 infinite^H7093?

⁶ For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

KJVFor thou hast taken a pledge^H2254^(H8799) from thy brother^H251 for nought^H2600, and stripped^H6584^(H8686) the naked^H6174 of their clothing^H899.

⁷ You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

KJVThou hast not given water^H4325 to the weary^H5889 to drink^H8248^(H8686), and thou hast withholden^H4513^(H8799) bread^H3899 from the hungry^H7457.

⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

KJVBut as for the mighty^H2220 man^H376, he had the earth^H776; and the honourable man^H5375^(H8803)^H6440 dwelt^H3427^(H8799) in it.

⁹ You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

KJVThou hast sent^H7971^(H8765) widows^H490 away empty^H7387, and the arms^H2220 of the fatherless^H3490 have been broken^H1792^(H8792).

¹⁰ Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,

KJVTherefore snares^H6341 are round about^H5439 thee, and sudden^H6597 fear^H6343 troubleth^H926^(H8762) thee;

¹¹ or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.

KJVOr darkness^H2822, that thou canst not see^H7200^(H8799); and abundance^H8229 of waters^H4325 cover^H3680^(H8762) thee.

¹² “Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

KJVIs not God^H433 in the height^H1363 of heaven^H8064? and behold^H7200^(H8798) the height^H7218 of the stars^H3556, how high^H7311^(H8804) they are!

¹³ You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

KJVAnd thou sayest^H559^(H8804), How doth God^H410 know^H3045^(H8804)? can he judge^H8199^(H8799) through the dark cloud^H6205?

¹⁴ Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’

KJVThick clouds^H5645 are a covering^H5643 to him, that he seeth^H7200^(H8799) not; and he walketh^H1980^(H8691) in the circuit^H2329 of heaven^H8064.

¹⁵ Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,

KJVHast thou marked^H8104^(H8799) the old^H5769 way^H734 which wicked^H205 men^H4962 have trodden^H1869^(H8804)?

¹⁶ who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

KJVWhich were cut down^H7059^(H8795) out of time^H6256, whose foundation^H3247 was overflown^H3332^(H8714) with a flood^H5104:

¹⁷ who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’

KJVWhich said^H559^(H8802) unto God^H410, Depart^H5493^(H8798) from us: and what can the Almighty^H7706 do^H6466^(H8799) for them?

¹⁸ Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

KJVYet he filled^H4390^(H8765) their houses^H1004 with good^H2896 things: but the counsel^H6098 of the wicked^H7563 is far^H7368^(H8804) from me.

¹⁹ The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

KJVThe righteous^H6662 see^H7200^(H8799) it, and are glad^H8055^(H8799): and the innocent^H5355 laugh them to scorn^H3932^(H8799).

²⁰ saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’

KJVWhereas^H518 our substance^H7009 is not cut down^H3582^(H8738), but the remnant^H3499 of them the fire^H784 consumeth^H398^(H8804).

²¹ “Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.

KJVAcquaint^H5532^(H8685) now thyself with him, and be at peace^H7999^(H8798): thereby good^H2896 shall come^H935^(H8799) unto thee.

²² Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

KJVReceive^H3947^(H8798), I pray thee, the law^H8451 from his mouth^H6310, and lay up^H7760^(H8798) his words^H561 in thine heart^H3824.

²³ If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

KJVIf thou return^H7725^(H8799) to the Almighty^H7706, thou shalt be built up^H1129^(H8735), thou shalt put away^H7368 iniquity^H5766 far^H7368^(H8686) from thy tabernacles^H168.

²⁴ Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

KJVThen shalt thou lay up^H7896^(H8800) gold^H1220 as^H5921 dust^H6083, and the gold of Ophir^H211 as the stones^H6697 of the brooks^H5158.

²⁵ The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

KJVYea, the Almighty^H7706 shall be thy defence^H1220, and thou shalt have plenty^H8443 of silver^H3701.

²⁶ For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.

KJVFor then shalt thou have thy delight^H6026^(H8691) in the Almighty^H7706, and shalt lift up^H5375^(H8799) thy face^H6440 unto God^H433.

²⁷ You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.

KJVThou shalt make thy prayer^H6279^(H8686) unto him, and he shall hear^H8085^(H8799) thee, and thou shalt pay^H7999^(H8762) thy vows^H5088.

²⁸ You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.

KJVThou shalt also decree^H1504^(H8799) a thing^H562, and it shall be established^H6965^(H8799) unto thee: and the light^H216 shall shine^H5050^(H8804) upon thy ways^H1870.

²⁹ When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.

KJVWhen men are cast down^H8213^(H8689), then thou shalt say^H559^(H8799), There is lifting up^H1466; and he shall save^H3467^(H8686) the humble^H7807 person^H5869.

³⁰ He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

KJVHe shall deliver^H4422^(H8762) the island^H336 of the innocent^H5355: and it is delivered^H4422^(H8738) by the pureness^H1252 of thine hands^H3709.

WEB·Job 21

¹Then Job answered,

KJVBut Job^H347 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799),

² “Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) diligently^H8085^(H8800) my speech^H4405, and let this be your consolations^H8575.

³ Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on.

KJVSuffer^H5375^(H8798) me that I may speak^H1696^(H8762); and after^H310 that I have spoken^H1696^(H8763), mock on^H3932^(H8686).

⁴ As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?

KJVAs for me, is my complaint^H7879 to man^H120? and if it were so, why should not my spirit^H7307 be troubled^H7114^(H8799)?

⁵ Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

KJVMark^H6437^(H8798) me, and be astonished^H8074^(H8713), and lay^H7760^(H8798) your hand^H3027 upon your mouth^H6310.

⁶ When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.

KJVEven when I remember^H2142^(H8804) I am afraid^H926^(H8738), and trembling^H6427 taketh hold on^H270^(H8804) my flesh^H1320.

⁷ “Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

KJVWherefore do the wicked^H7563 live^H2421^(H8799), become old^H6275^(H8804), yea, are mighty^H1396^(H8804) in power^H2428?

⁸ Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.

KJVTheir seed^H2233 is established^H3559^(H8737) in their sight^H6440 with them, and their offspring^H6631 before their eyes^H5869.

⁹ Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

KJVTheir houses^H1004 are safe^H7965 from fear^H6343, neither is the rod^H7626 of God^H433 upon them.

¹⁰ Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.

KJVTheir bull^H7794 gendereth^H5674^(H8765), and faileth^H1602^(H8686) not; their cow^H6510 calveth^H6403^(H8762), and casteth not her calf^H7921^(H8762).

¹¹ They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.

KJVThey send forth^H7971^(H8762) their little ones^H5759 like a flock^H6629, and their children^H3206 dance^H7540^(H8762).

¹² They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

KJVThey take^H5375^(H8799) the timbrel^H8596 and harp^H3658, and rejoice^H8055^(H8799) at the sound^H6963 of the organ^H5748.

¹³ They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

KJVThey spend^H3615^(H8762)^(H8675)^H1086^(H8762) their days^H3117 in wealth^H2896, and in a moment^H7281 go down^H2865^(H8735)^(H8676)^H5181^(H8799) to the grave^H7585.

¹⁴ They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.

KJVTherefore they say^H559^(H8799) unto God^H410, Depart^H5493^(H8798) from us; for we desire^H2654^(H8804) not the knowledge^H1847 of thy ways^H1870.

¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’

KJVWhat is the Almighty^H7706, that we should serve^H5647^(H8799) him? and what profit^H3276^(H8686) should we have, if we pray^H6293^(H8799) unto him?

¹⁶ Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

KJVLo, their good^H2898 is not in their hand^H3027: the counsel^H6098 of the wicked^H7563 is far^H7368^(H8804) from me.

¹⁷ “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

KJVHow oft is the candle^H5216 of the wicked^H7563 put out^H1846^(H8799)! and how oft cometh^H935^(H8799) their destruction^H343 upon them! God distributeth^H2505^(H8762) sorrows^H2256 in his anger^H639.

¹⁸ How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

KJVThey are as stubble^H8401 before^H6440 the wind^H7307, and as chaff^H4671 that the storm^H5492 carrieth away^H1589^(H8804).

¹⁹ You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

KJVGod^H433 layeth up^H6845^(H8799) his iniquity^H205 for his children^H1121: he rewardeth^H7999^(H8762) him, and he shall know^H3045^(H8799) it.

²⁰ Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

KJVHis eyes^H5869 shall see^H7200^(H8799) his destruction^H3589, and he shall drink^H8354^(H8799) of the wrath^H2534 of the Almighty^H7706.

²¹ For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

KJVFor what pleasure^H2656 hath he in his house^H1004 after^H310 him, when the number^H4557 of his months^H2320 is cut off in the midst^H2686^(H8795)?

²² “Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

KJVShall any teach^H3925^(H8762) God^H410 knowledge^H1847? seeing he judgeth^H8199^(H8799) those that are high^H7311^(H8802).

²³ One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

KJVOne dieth^H4191^(H8799) in his full^H8537 strength^H6106, being wholly at ease^H7946 and quiet^H7961.

²⁴ His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.

KJVHis breasts^H5845 are full^H4390^(H8804) of milk^H2461, and his bones^H6106 are moistened^H8248^(H8792) with marrow^H4221.

²⁵ Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.

KJVAnd another dieth^H4191^(H8799) in the bitterness^H4751 of his soul^H5315, and never eateth^H398^(H8804) with pleasure^H2896.

²⁶ They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

KJVThey shall lie down^H7901^(H8799) alike^H3162 in the dust^H6083, and the worms^H7415 shall cover^H3680^(H8762) them.

²⁷ “Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.

KJVBehold, I know^H3045^(H8804) your thoughts^H4284, and the devices^H4209 which ye wrongfully imagine^H2554^(H8799) against me.

²⁸ For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’

KJVFor ye say^H559^(H8799), Where is the house^H1004 of the prince^H5081? and where are the dwelling^H4908 places^H168 of the wicked^H7563?

²⁹ Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,

KJVHave ye not asked^H7592^(H8804) them that go^H5674^(H8802) by the way^H1870? and do ye not know^H5234^(H8762) their tokens^H226,

³⁰ that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?

KJVThat the wicked^H7451 is reserved^H2820^(H8735) to the day^H3117 of destruction^H343? they shall be brought forth^H2986^(H8714) to the day^H3117 of wrath^H5678.

³¹ Who will declare his way to his face? Who will repay him what he has done?

KJVWho shall declare^H5046^(H8686) his way^H1870 to his face^H6440? and who shall repay^H7999^(H8762) him what he hath done^H6213^(H8804)?

³² Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.

KJVYet shall he be brought^H2986^(H8714) to the grave^H6913, and shall remain^H8245^(H8799) in the tomb^H1430.

³³ The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

KJVThe clods^H7263 of the valley^H5158 shall be sweet^H4985^(H8804) unto him, and every man^H120 shall draw^H4900^(H8799) after^H310 him, as there are innumerable^H4557 before^H6440 him.

³⁴ So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”

KJVHow then comfort^H5162^(H8762) ye me in vain^H1892, seeing in your answers^H8666 there remaineth^H7604^(H8738) falsehood^H4604?

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