Job 31 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 32

¹So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

KJVSo these three^H7969 men^H582 ceased^H7673^(H8799) to answer^H6030^(H8800) Job^H347, because he was righteous^H6662 in his own eyes^H5869.

² Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.

KJVThen was kindled^H2734^(H8799) the wrath^H639 of Elihu^H453 the son^H1121 of Barachel^H1292 the Buzite^H940, of the kindred^H4940 of Ram^H7410: against Job^H347 was his wrath^H639 kindled^H2734^(H8804), because he justified^H6663^(H8763) himself^H5315 rather than God^H430.

³ Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

KJVAlso against his three^H7969 friends^H7453 was his wrath^H639 kindled^H2734^(H8804), because they had found^H4672^(H8804) no answer^H4617, and yet had condemned^H7561^(H8686) Job^H347.

⁴ Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.

KJVNow Elihu^H453 had waited^H2442^(H8765) till Job^H347 had spoken^H1697, because they were elder^H2205^H3117 than he.

⁵ When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

KJVWhen Elihu^H453 saw^H7200^(H8799) that there was no answer^H4617 in the mouth^H6310 of these three^H7969 men^H582, then his wrath^H639 was kindled^H2734^(H8799).

⁶ Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old. Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.

KJVAnd Elihu^H453 the son^H1121 of Barachel^H1292 the Buzite^H940 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799), I am young^H6810^H3117, and ye are very old^H3453; wherefore I was afraid^H2119^(H8804), and durst^H3372^(H8799) not shew^H2331^(H8763) you mine opinion^H1843.

⁷ I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

KJVI said^H559^(H8804), Days^H3117 should speak^H1696^(H8762), and multitude^H7230 of years^H8141 should teach^H3045^(H8686) wisdom^H2451.

⁸ But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.

KJVBut^H403 there is a spirit^H7307 in man^H582: and the inspiration^H5397 of the Almighty^H7706 giveth them understanding^H995^(H8799).

⁹ It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

KJVGreat men^H7227 are not always wise^H2449^(H8799): neither do the aged^H2205 understand^H995^(H8799) judgment^H4941.

¹⁰ Therefore I said, ‘Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.’

KJVTherefore I said^H559^(H8804), Hearken^H8085^(H8798) to me; I also will shew^H2331^(H8762) mine opinion^H1843.

¹¹ “Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.

KJVBehold, I waited^H3176^(H8689) for your words^H1697; I gave ear^H238^(H8686) to your reasons^H8394, whilst ye searched out^H2713^(H8799) what to say^H4405.

¹² Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.

KJVYea, I attended^H995^(H8709) unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced^H3198^(H8688) Job^H347, or that answered^H6030^(H8802) his words^H561:

¹³ Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’

KJVLest ye should say^H559^(H8799), We have found out^H4672^(H8804) wisdom^H2451: God^H410 thrusteth him down^H5086^(H8799), not man^H376.

¹⁴ for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.

KJVNow he hath not directed^H6186^(H8804) his words^H4405 against me: neither will I answer^H7725^(H8686) him with your speeches^H561.

¹⁵ “They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.

KJVThey were amazed^H2865^(H8804), they answered^H6030^(H8804) no more: they left off^H6275^(H8689) speaking^H4405.

¹⁶ Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

KJVWhen I had waited^H3176^(H8689),(for they spake^H1696^(H8762) not, but stood still^H5975^(H8804), and answered^H6030^(H8804) no more;)

¹⁷ I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion.

KJVI said, I will answer^H6030^(H8799) also my part^H2506, I also will shew^H2331^(H8762) mine opinion^H1843.

¹⁸ For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.

KJVFor I am full^H4390^(H8804) of matter^H4405, the spirit^H7307 within^H990 me constraineth^H6693^(H8689) me.

¹⁹ Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.

KJVBehold, my belly^H990 is as wine^H3196 which hath no vent^H6605^(H8735); it is ready to burst^H1234^(H8735) like new^H2319 bottles^H178.

²⁰ I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.

KJVI will speak^H1696^(H8762), that I may be refreshed^H7304^(H8799): I will open^H6605^(H8799) my lips^H8193 and answer^H6030^(H8799).

²¹ Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

KJVLet me not, I pray you, accept^H5375^(H8799) any man's^H376 person^H6440, neither let me give flattering titles^H3655^(H8762) unto man^H120.

²² For I don’t know how to give flattering titles, or else my Maker would soon take me away.

KJVFor I know^H3045^(H8804) not to give flattering titles^H3655^(H8762); in so doing my maker^H6213^(H8802) would soon^H4592 take me away^H5375^(H8799).

WEB·Job 31

¹“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

KJVI made^H3772^(H8804) a covenant^H1285 with mine eyes^H5869; why then should I think^H995^(H8709) upon a maid^H1330?

² For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?

KJVFor what portion^H2506 of God^H433 is there from above^H4605? and what inheritance^H5159 of the Almighty^H7706 from on high^H4791?

³ Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

KJVIs not destruction^H343 to the wicked^H5767? and a strange^H5235 punishment to the workers^H6466^(H8802) of iniquity^H205?

⁴ Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?

KJVDoth not he see^H7200^(H8799) my ways^H1870, and count^H5608^(H8799) all my steps^H6806?

⁵ “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

KJVIf I have walked^H1980^(H8804) with vanity^H7723, or if my foot^H7272 hath hasted^H2363^(H8799) to deceit^H4820;

⁶ (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

KJVLet me be weighed^H8254^(H8799) in an even^H6664 balance^H3976, that God^H433 may know^H3045^(H8799) mine integrity^H8538.

⁷ if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

KJVIf my step^H838 hath turned out^H5186^(H8799) of the way^H1870, and mine heart^H3820 walked^H1980^(H8804) after^H310 mine eyes^H5869, and if any blot^H3971 hath cleaved^H1692^(H8804) to mine hands^H3709;

⁸ then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

KJVThen let me sow^H2232^(H8799), and let another^H312 eat^H398^(H8799); yea, let my offspring^H6631 be rooted out^H8327^(H8792).

⁹ “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

KJVIf mine heart^H3820 have been deceived^H6601^(H8738) by a woman^H802, or if I have laid wait^H693^(H8804) at my neighbour's^H7453 door^H6607;

¹⁰ then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

KJVThen let my wife^H802 grind^H2912^(H8799) unto another^H312, and let others^H312 bow down^H3766^(H8799) upon her.

¹¹ For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,

KJVFor this is an heinous crime^H2154; yea, it is an iniquity^H5771 to be punished by the judges^H6414.

¹² for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

KJVFor it is a fire^H784 that consumeth^H398^(H8799) to destruction^H11, and would root out^H8327^(H8762) all mine increase^H8393.

¹³ “If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,

KJVIf I did despise^H3988^(H8799) the cause^H4941 of my manservant^H5650 or of my maidservant^H519, when they contended^H7379 with me;

¹⁴ what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?

KJVWhat then shall I do^H6213^(H8799) when God^H410 riseth up^H6965^(H8799)? and when he visiteth^H6485^(H8799), what shall I answer^H7725^(H8686) him?

¹⁵ Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

KJVDid not he that made^H6213^(H8802) me in the womb^H990 make^H6213^(H8804) him? and did not one^H259 fashion^H3559^(H8787) us in the womb^H7358?

¹⁶ “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

KJVIf I have withheld^H4513^(H8799) the poor^H1800 from their desire^H2656, or have caused the eyes^H5869 of the widow^H490 to fail^H3615^(H8762);

¹⁷ or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

KJVOr have eaten^H398^(H8799) my morsel^H6595 myself alone, and the fatherless^H3490 hath not eaten^H398^(H8804) thereof;

¹⁸ (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);

KJV(For from my youth^H5271 he was brought up^H1431^(H8804) with me, as with a father^H1, and I have guided^H5148^(H8686) her from my mother's^H517 womb^H990;)

¹⁹ if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

KJVIf I have seen^H7200^(H8799) any perish^H6^(H8802) for want of clothing^H3830, or any poor^H34 without covering^H3682;

²⁰ if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;

KJVIf his loins^H2504 have not blessed^H1288^(H8765) me, and if he were not warmed^H2552^(H8691) with the fleece^H1488 of my sheep^H3532;

²¹ if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;

KJVIf I have lifted up^H5130^(H8689) my hand^H3027 against the fatherless^H3490, when I saw^H7200^(H8799) my help^H5833 in the gate^H8179:

²² then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

KJVThen let mine arm^H3802 fall^H5307^(H8799) from my shoulder blade^H7929, and mine arm^H248 be broken^H7665^(H8735) from the bone^H7070.

²³ For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.

KJVFor destruction^H343 from God^H410 was a terror^H6343 to me, and by reason of his highness^H7613 I could^H3201^(H8799) not endure.

²⁴ “If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

KJVIf I have made^H7760^(H8804) gold^H2091 my hope^H3689, or have said^H559^(H8804) to the fine gold^H3800, Thou art my confidence^H4009;

²⁵ If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

KJVIf I rejoiced^H8055^(H8799) because my wealth^H2428 was great^H7227, and because mine hand^H3027 had gotten^H4672^(H8804) much^H3524;

²⁶ if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

KJVIf I beheld^H7200^(H8799) the sun^H216 when it shined^H1984^(H8686), or the moon^H3394 walking^H1980^(H8802) in brightness^H3368;

²⁷ and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;

KJVAnd my heart^H3820 hath been secretly^H5643 enticed^H6601^(H8799), or my mouth^H6310 hath kissed^H5401^(H8799) my hand^H3027:

²⁸ this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.

KJVThis also were an iniquity^H5771 to be punished by the judge^H6416: for I should have denied^H3584^(H8765) the God^H410 that is above^H4605.

²⁹ “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

KJVIf I rejoiced^H8055^(H8799) at the destruction^H6365 of him that hated^H8130^(H8764) me, or lifted up^H5782^(H8712) myself when evil^H7451 found^H4672^(H8804) him:

³⁰ (I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

KJVNeither have I suffered^H5414^(H8804) my mouth^H2441 to sin^H2398^(H8800) by wishing^H7592^(H8800) a curse^H423 to his soul^H5315.

³¹ if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’

KJVIf the men^H4962 of my tabernacle^H168 said^H559^(H8804) not, Oh that we had^H5414^(H8799) of his flesh^H1320! we cannot be satisfied^H7646^(H8799).

³² (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

KJVThe stranger^H1616 did not lodge^H3885^(H8799) in the street^H2351: but I opened^H6605^(H8799) my doors^H1817 to the traveller^H734.

³³ if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

KJVIf I covered^H3680^(H8765) my transgressions^H6588 as Adam^H121, by hiding^H2934^(H8800) mine iniquity^H5771 in my bosom^H2243:

³⁴ because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—

KJVDid I fear^H6206^(H8799) a great^H7227 multitude^H1995, or did the contempt^H937 of families^H4940 terrify^H2865^(H8686) me, that I kept silence^H1826^(H8799), and went not out^H3318^(H8799) of the door^H6607?

³⁵ oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!

KJVOh that^H5414^(H8799) one would hear^H8085^(H8802) me! behold, my desire^H8420 is, that the Almighty^H7706 would answer^H6030^(H8799) me, and that mine adversary^H376^H7379 had written^H3789^(H8804) a book^H5612.

³⁶ Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.

KJVSurely I would take^H5375^(H8799) it upon my shoulder^H7926, and bind^H6029^(H8799) it as a crown^H5850 to me.

³⁷ I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.

KJVI would declare^H5046^(H8686) unto him the number^H4557 of my steps^H6806; as a prince^H5057 would I go near^H7126^(H8762) unto him.

³⁸ If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

KJVIf my land^H127 cry^H2199^(H8799) against me, or that the furrows^H8525 likewise^H3162 thereof complain^H1058^(H8799);

³⁹ if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

KJVIf I have eaten^H398^(H8804) the fruits^H3581 thereof without money^H3701, or have caused the owners^H1167 thereof to lose^H5301^(H8689) their life^H5315:

⁴⁰ let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

KJVLet thistles^H2336 grow^H3318^(H8799) instead of wheat^H2406, and cockle^H890 instead of barley^H8184. The words^H1697 of Job^H347 are ended^H8552^(H8804).

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