Job 3 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 4

¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

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

² “If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

KJVIf we assay^H5254^(H8765) to commune^H1697 with thee, wilt thou be grieved^H3811^(H8799)? but who can^H3201^(H8799) withhold^H6113^(H8800) himself from speaking^H4405?

³ Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.

KJVBehold, thou hast instructed^H3256^(H8765) many^H7227, and thou hast strengthened^H2388^(H8762) the weak^H7504 hands^H3027.

⁴ Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm.

KJVThy words^H4405 have upholden^H6965^(H8686) him that was falling^H3782^(H8802), and thou hast strengthened^H553^(H8762) the feeble^H3766^(H8802) knees^H1290.

⁵ But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.

KJVBut now it is come^H935^(H8799) upon thee, and thou faintest^H3811^(H8799); it toucheth^H5060^(H8799) thee, and thou art troubled^H926^(H8735).

⁶ Isn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?

KJVIs not this thy fear^H3374, thy confidence^H3690, thy hope^H8615, and the uprightness^H8537 of thy ways^H1870?

⁷ “Remember, now, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798), I pray thee, who ever perished^H6^(H8804), being innocent^H5355? or where^H375 were the righteous^H3477 cut off^H3582^(H8738)?

⁸ According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.

KJVEven as I have seen^H7200^(H8804), they that plow^H2790^(H8802) iniquity^H205, and sow^H2232^(H8802) wickedness^H5999, reap^H7114^(H8799) the same.

⁹ By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.

KJVBy the blast^H5397 of God^H433 they perish^H6^(H8799), and by the breath^H7307 of his nostrils^H639 are they consumed^H3615^(H8799).

¹⁰ The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

KJVThe roaring^H7581 of the lion^H738, and the voice^H6963 of the fierce lion^H7826, and the teeth^H8127 of the young lions^H3715, are broken^H5421^(H8738).

¹¹ The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

KJVThe old lion^H3918 perisheth^H6^(H8802) for lack^H1097 of prey^H2964, and the stout lion's^H3833 whelps^H1121 are scattered abroad^H6504^(H8691).

¹² “Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.

KJVNow a thing^H1697 was secretly brought^H1589^(H8792) to me, and mine ear^H241 received^H3947^(H8799) a little^H8102 thereof.

¹³ In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

KJVIn thoughts^H5587 from the visions^H2384 of the night^H3915, when deep sleep^H8639 falleth^H5307^(H8800) on men^H582,

¹⁴ fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.

KJVFear^H6343 came^H7122^(H8804) upon me, and trembling^H7461, which made all^H7230 my bones^H6106 to shake^H6342^(H8689).

¹⁵ Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.

KJVThen a spirit^H7307 passed^H2498^(H8799) before my face^H6440; the hair^H8185 of my flesh^H1320 stood up^H5568^(H8762):

¹⁶ It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,

KJVIt stood still^H5975^(H8799), but I could not discern^H5234^(H8686) the form^H4758 thereof: an image^H8544 was before mine eyes^H5869, there was silence^H1827, and I heard^H8085^(H8799) a voice^H6963, saying,

¹⁷ ‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

KJVShall mortal man^H582 be more just^H6663^(H8799) than God^H433? shall a man^H1397 be more pure^H2891^(H8799) than his maker^H6213^(H8802)?

¹⁸ Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.

KJVBehold, he put no trust^H539^(H8686) in his servants^H5650; and his angels^H4397 he charged^H7760^(H8799) with folly^H8417:

¹⁹ How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

KJVHow much less^H637 in them that dwell^H7931^(H8802) in houses^H1004 of clay^H2563, whose foundation^H3247 is in the dust^H6083, which are crushed^H1792^(H8762) before^H6440 the moth^H6211?

²⁰ Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.

KJVThey are destroyed^H3807^(H8714) from morning^H1242 to evening^H6153: they perish^H6^(H8799) for ever^H5331 without any regarding^H7760^(H8688) it.

²¹ Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’

KJVDoth not their excellency^H3499 which is in them go away^H5265^(H8738)? they die^H4191^(H8799), even without wisdom^H2451.

WEB·Job 3

¹After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.

KJVAfter^H310 this opened^H6605^(H8804) Job^H347 his mouth^H6310, and cursed^H7043^(H8762) his day^H3117.

² Job answered:

KJVAnd Job^H347 spake^H6030^(H8799), and said^H559^(H8799),

³ “Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’

KJVLet the day^H3117 perish^H6^(H8799) wherein I was born^H3205^(H8735), and the night^H3915 in which it was said^H559^(H8804), There is a man child^H1397 conceived^H2029^(H8795).

⁴ Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.

KJVLet that day^H3117 be darkness^H2822; let not God^H433 regard^H1875^(H8799) it from above^H4605, neither let the light^H5105 shine^H3313^(H8686) upon it.

⁵ Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes the day black terrify it.

KJVLet darkness^H2822 and the shadow of death^H6757 stain^H1350^(H8799) it; let a cloud^H6053 dwell^H7931^(H8799) upon it; let the blackness^H3650 of the day^H3117 terrify^H1204^(H8762) it.

⁶ As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.

KJVAs for that night^H3915, let darkness^H652 seize^H3947^(H8799) upon it; let it not be joined^H2302^(H8799) unto the days^H3117 of the year^H8141, let it not come^H935^(H8799) into the number^H4557 of the months^H3391.

⁷ Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.

KJVLo, let that night^H3915 be solitary^H1565, let no joyful voice^H7445 come^H935^(H8799) therein.

⁸ Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

KJVLet them curse^H5344^(H8799) it that curse^H779^(H8802) the day^H3117, who are ready^H6264 to raise up^H5782^(H8788) their mourning^H3882.

⁹ Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

KJVLet the stars^H3556 of the twilight^H5399 thereof be dark^H2821^(H8799); let it look^H6960^(H8762) for light^H216, but have none; neither let it see^H7200^(H8799) the dawning^H6079 of the day^H7837:

¹⁰ because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

KJVBecause it shut not up^H5462^(H8804) the doors^H1817 of my mother's womb^H990, nor hid^H5641^(H8686) sorrow^H5999 from mine eyes^H5869.

¹¹ “Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

KJVWhy died^H4191^(H8799) I not from the womb^H7358? why did I not give up the ghost^H1478^(H8799) when I came out^H3318^(H8804) of the belly^H990?

¹² Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?

KJVWhy did the knees^H1290 prevent^H6923^(H8765) me? or why the breasts^H7699 that I should suck^H3243^(H8799)?

¹³ For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

KJVFor now should I have lain still^H7901^(H8804) and been quiet^H8252^(H8799), I should have slept^H3462^(H8804): then had I been at rest^H5117^(H8799),

¹⁴ with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;

KJVWith kings^H4428 and counsellors^H3289^(H8802) of the earth^H776, which built^H1129^(H8802) desolate places^H2723 for themselves;

¹⁵ or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;

KJVOr with princes^H8269 that had gold^H2091, who filled^H4390^(H8764) their houses^H1004 with silver^H3701:

¹⁶ or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

KJVOr as an hidden^H2934^(H8803) untimely birth^H5309 I had not been; as infants^H5768 which never saw^H7200^(H8804) light^H216.

¹⁷ There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

KJVThere the wicked^H7563 cease^H2308^(H8804) from troubling^H7267; and there the weary^H3019^H3581 be at rest^H5117^(H8799).

¹⁸ There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.

KJVThere the prisoners^H615 rest^H7599^(H8768) together^H3162; they hear^H8085^(H8804) not the voice^H6963 of the oppressor^H5065^(H8802).

¹⁹ The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.

KJVThe small^H6996 and great^H1419 are there; and the servant^H5650 is free^H2670 from his master^H113.

²⁰ “Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

KJVWherefore is light^H216 given^H5414^(H8799) to him that is in misery^H6001, and life^H2416 unto the bitter^H4751 in soul^H5315;

²¹ who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

KJVWhich long^H2442^(H8764) for death^H4194, but it cometh not; and dig^H2658^(H8799) for it more than for hid treasures^H4301;

²² who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

KJVWhich rejoice^H8056 exceedingly^H1524, and are glad^H7797^(H8799), when they can find^H4672^(H8799) the grave^H6913?

²³ Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

KJVWhy is light given to a man^H1397 whose way^H1870 is hid^H5641^(H8738), and whom God^H433 hath hedged in^H5526^(H8686)?

²⁴ For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.

KJVFor my sighing^H585 cometh^H935^(H8799) before^H6440 I eat^H3899, and my roarings^H7581 are poured out^H5413^(H8799) like the waters^H4325.

²⁵ For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.

KJVFor the thing which I greatly^H6343 feared^H6342^(H8804) is come^H857^(H8799) upon me, and that which I was afraid^H3025^(H8804) of is come^H935^(H8799) unto me.

²⁶ I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”

KJVI was not in safety^H7951^(H8804), neither had I rest^H8252^(H8804), neither was I quiet^H5117^(H8804); yet trouble^H7267 came^H935^(H8799).

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