Job 4 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 5

¹“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

KJVCall^H7121^(H8798) now, if there be^H3426 any that will answer^H6030^(H8802) thee; and to which of the saints^H6918 wilt thou turn^H6437^(H8799)?

² For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

KJVFor wrath^H3708 killeth^H2026^(H8799) the foolish man^H191, and envy^H7068 slayeth^H4191^(H8686) the silly one^H6601^(H8802).

³ I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

KJVI have seen^H7200^(H8804) the foolish^H191 taking root^H8327^(H8688): but suddenly^H6597 I cursed^H5344^(H8799) his habitation^H5116.

⁴ His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

KJVHis children^H1121 are far^H7368^(H8799) from safety^H3468, and they are crushed^H1792^(H8691) in the gate^H8179, neither is there any to deliver^H5337^(H8688) them.

⁵ whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

KJVWhose harvest^H7105 the hungry^H7457 eateth up^H398^(H8799), and taketh^H3947^(H8799) it even out^H413 of the thorns^H6791, and the robber^H6782 swalloweth up^H7602^(H8804) their substance^H2428.

⁶ For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

KJVAlthough affliction^H205 cometh not forth^H3318^(H8799) of the dust^H6083, neither doth trouble^H5999 spring out^H6779^(H8799) of the ground^H127;

⁷ but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

KJVYet man^H120 is born^H3205^(H8795) unto trouble^H5999, as the sparks^H1121^H7565 fly^H5774^(H8800) upward^H1361^(H8686).

⁸ “But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

KJVI would seek^H199^H1875^(H8799) unto God^H410, and unto God^H430 would I commit^H7760^(H8799) my cause^H1700:

⁹ who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

KJVWhich doeth^H6213^(H8802) great things^H1419 and unsearchable^H369^H2714; marvellous things^H6381^(H8737) without number^H4557:

¹⁰ who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;

KJVWho giveth^H5414^(H8802) rain^H4306 upon^H6440 the earth^H776, and sendeth^H7971^(H8802) waters^H4325 upon^H6440 the fields^H2351:

¹¹ so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

KJVTo set up^H7760^(H8800) on high^H4791 those that be low^H8217; that those which mourn^H6937^(H8802) may be exalted^H7682^(H8804) to safety^H3468.

¹² He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.

KJVHe disappointeth^H6565^(H8688) the devices^H4284 of the crafty^H6175, so that their hands^H3027 cannot perform^H6213^(H8799) their enterprise^H8454.

¹³ He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

KJVHe taketh^H3920^(H8802) the wise^H2450 in their own craftiness^H6193: and the counsel^H6098 of the froward^H6617^(H8737) is carried headlong^H4116^(H8737).

¹⁴ They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

KJVThey meet^H6298^(H8762) with darkness^H2822 in the daytime^H3119, and grope^H4959^(H8762) in the noonday^H6672 as in the night^H3915.

¹⁵ But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

KJVBut he saveth^H3467^(H8686) the poor^H34 from the sword^H2719, from their mouth^H6310, and from the hand^H3027 of the mighty^H2389.

¹⁶ So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

KJVSo the poor^H1800 hath hope^H8615, and iniquity^H5766 stoppeth^H7092^(H8804) her mouth^H6310.

¹⁷ “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

KJVBehold, happy^H835 is the man^H582 whom God^H433 correcteth^H3198^(H8686): therefore despise^H3988^(H8799) not thou the chastening^H4148 of the Almighty^H7706:

¹⁸ For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.

KJVFor he maketh sore^H3510^(H8686), and bindeth up^H2280^(H8799): he woundeth^H4272^(H8799), and his hands^H3027 make whole^H7495^(H8799).

¹⁹ He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

KJVHe shall deliver^H5337^(H8686) thee in six^H8337 troubles^H6869: yea, in seven^H7651 there shall no evil^H7451 touch^H5060^(H8799) thee.

²⁰ In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

KJVIn famine^H7458 he shall redeem^H6299^(H8804) thee from death^H4194: and in war^H4421 from the power^H3027 of the sword^H2719.

²¹ You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

KJVThou shalt be hid^H2244^(H8735) from the scourge^H7752 of the tongue^H3956: neither shalt thou be afraid^H3372^(H8799) of destruction^H7701 when it cometh^H935^(H8799).

²² You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

KJVAt destruction^H7701 and famine^H3720 thou shalt laugh^H7832^(H8799): neither shalt thou be afraid^H3372^(H8799) of the beasts^H2416 of the earth^H776.

²³ For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.

KJVFor thou shalt be in league^H1285 with the stones^H68 of the field^H7704: and the beasts^H2416 of the field^H7704 shall be at peace^H7999^(H8717) with thee.

²⁴ You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.

KJVAnd thou shalt know^H3045^(H8804) that thy tabernacle^H168 shall be in peace^H7965; and thou shalt visit^H6485^(H8804) thy habitation^H5116, and shalt not sin^H2398^(H8799).

²⁵ You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.

KJVThou shalt know^H3045^(H8804) also that thy seed^H2233 shall be great^H7227, and thine offspring^H6631 as the grass^H6212 of the earth^H776.

²⁶ You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

KJVThou shalt come^H935^(H8799) to thy grave^H6913 in a full age^H3624, like as a shock of corn^H1430 cometh in^H5927^(H8800) in his season^H6256.

²⁷ Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”

KJVLo this, we have searched^H2713^(H8804) it, so it is; hear^H8085^(H8798) it, and know^H3045^(H8798) thou it for thy good.

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.

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