Job 22 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 23

¹Then Job answered,

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

² “Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

KJVEven to day^H3117 is my complaint^H7879 bitter^H4805: my stroke^H3027 is heavier^H3513^(H8804) than my groaning^H585.

³ Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

KJVOh that^H5414^(H8799) I knew^H3045^(H8804) where I might find^H4672^(H8799) him! that I might come^H935^(H8799) even to his seat^H8499!

⁴ I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

KJVI would order^H6186^(H8799) my cause^H4941 before^H6440 him, and fill^H4390^(H8762) my mouth^H6310 with arguments^H8433.

⁵ I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.

KJVI would know^H3045^(H8799) the words^H4405 which he would answer^H6030^(H8799) me, and understand^H995^(H8799) what he would say^H559^(H8799) unto me.

⁶ Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

KJVWill he plead^H7378^(H8799) against^H5978 me with his great^H7230 power^H3581? No; but he would put^H7760^(H8799) strength in me.

⁷ There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.

KJVThere the righteous^H3477 might dispute^H3198^(H8737) with him; so should I be delivered^H6403^(H8762) for ever^H5331 from my judge^H8199^(H8802).

⁸ “If I go east, he is not there. If I go west, I can’t find him.

KJVBehold, I go^H1980^(H8799) forward^H6924, but he is not there; and backward^H268, but I cannot perceive^H995^(H8799) him:

⁹ He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.

KJVOn the left hand^H8040, where he doth work^H6213^(H8800), but I cannot behold^H2372^(H8799) him: he hideth^H5848^(H8799) himself on the right hand^H3225, that I cannot see^H7200^(H8799) him:

¹⁰ But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

KJVBut he knoweth^H3045^(H8804) the way^H1870 that I take^H5978: when he hath tried^H974^(H8804) me, I shall come forth^H3318^(H8799) as gold^H2091.

¹¹ My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.

KJVMy foot^H7272 hath held^H270^(H8804) his steps^H838, his way^H1870 have I kept^H8104^(H8804), and not declined^H5186^(H8686).

¹² I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

KJVNeither have I gone back^H4185^(H8686) from the commandment^H4687 of his lips^H8193; I have esteemed^H6845^(H8804) the words^H561 of his mouth^H6310 more than my necessary^H2706 food.

¹³ But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

KJVBut he is in one^H259 mind, and who can turn^H7725^(H8686) him? and what his soul^H5315 desireth^H183^(H8765), even that he doeth^H6213^(H8799).

¹⁴ For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.

KJVFor he performeth^H7999^(H8686) the thing that is appointed^H2706 for me: and many^H7227 such^H2007 things are with him.

¹⁵ Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.

KJVTherefore am I troubled^H926^(H8735) at his presence^H6440: when I consider^H995^(H8709), I am afraid^H6342^(H8799) of him.

¹⁶ For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.

KJVFor God^H410 maketh my heart^H3820 soft^H7401^(H8689), and the Almighty^H7706 troubleth^H926^(H8689) me:

¹⁷ Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

KJVBecause I was not cut off^H6789^(H8738) before^H6440 the darkness^H2822, neither hath he covered^H3680^(H8765) the darkness^H652 from my face^H6440.

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.

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