My LORD’s BibleJob 6
2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
לוּ שָׁקֹול יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי [וְהַיָּתִי כ] (וְהַוָּתִי ק) בְּמֹאזְנַיִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָחַד׃ (2779)
See also: Job 31:6, 1 Samuel 1:16, Psalms 88:3, Matthew 26:38, Job 1:18, Job 3:10, Job 4:5, Job 10:1, Job 15:24, Job 16:4, Job 23:2, Proverbs 14:10
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
כִּי־עַתָּה מֵחֹול יַמִּים יִכְבָּד עַל־כֵּן דְּבָרַי לָעוּ׃ (1217)
See also: Proverbs 27:3, Job 23:2, Job 37:19-20, Job 37:20, Psalms 40:5, Psalms 77:4, Matthew 11:28, Psalms 21:9
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
כִּי חִצֵּי שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי אֲשֶׁר חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי בִּעוּתֵי אֱלֹוהַּ יַעַרְכוּנִי׃ (3390)
See also: Psalms 38:2, Ruth 1:20, Job 30:15, Psalms 88:15, Job 34:6, Proverbs 18:14, Job 16:12-14, Job 16:13, Psalms 64:7, Psalms 77:3, Psalms 143:7, Lamentations 2:4, Mark 15:34, Job 9:17, Job 22:10, Psalms 18:14, Psalms 88:7, Psalms 91:5, Psalms 109:22, Lamentations 3:12-13
5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
הֲיִנְהַק־פֶּרֶא עֲלֵי־דֶשֶׁא אִם יִגְעֶהשֹּׁ־ור עַל־בְּלִילֹו׃ (1679)
See also: Job 39:5, Job 30:7, Job 11:12, Job 12:5, Psalms 42:1, Psalms 104:14, Jeremiah 14:6, Joel 1:18-20
6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
הֲיֵאָכֵל תָּפֵל מִבְּלִי־מֶלַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַעַם בְּרִיר חַלָּמוּת׃ (2102)
See also: Mark 9:50, Job 6:30, Job 34:3, Leviticus 2:13, Job 12:11, Luke 14:34, Colossians 4:6, Job 6:25, Job 12:3, Job 16:2, Psalms 119:103, Hebrews 6:4-5
7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
מֵאֲנָה לִנְגֹּועַ נַפְשִׁי הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִי׃ (873)
See also: Psalms 80:5, 1 Kings 17:12, 1 Kings 22:27, Job 3:24, Psalms 102:9, Ezekiel 4:14, Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 12:18-19, Daniel 10:3, Proverbs 27:7
8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
מִי־יִתֵּן תָּבֹוא שֶׁאֱלָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי יִתֵּן אֱלֹוהַּ׃ (3084)
9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
וְיֹאֵל אֱלֹוהַּ וִידַכְּאֵנִי יַתֵּר יָדֹו וִיבַצְּעֵנִי׃ (1058)
See also: 1 Kings 19:4, Jonah 4:3, Job 7:15-16, Isaiah 48:10-13, Jonah 4:8, Numbers 11:14-15, Job 3:20-22, Job 7:16, Job 14:13, Job 19:21, Psalms 32:4, Revelation 9:6, 2 Chronicles 14:13, Job 6:26, Job 8:2, Job 13:13, Job 23:17, Job 30:21, Job 36:20, Psalms 88:5
10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
וּתְהִי עֹוד ׀ נֶחָמָתִי וַאֲסַלְּדָה בְחִילָה לֹא יַחְמֹול כִּי־לֹא כִחַדְתִּי אִמְרֵי קָדֹושׁ׃ (2459)
See also: Isaiah 57:15, Job 23:12, Leviticus 19:2, Job 11:4, Job 27:11, Psalms 40:9-10, Psalms 71:17-18, Deuteronomy 29:20, 1 Samuel 2:2, Job 3:22, Job 9:4, Job 16:13, Job 21:33, Job 22:22, Psalms 37:30, Psalms 119:13, Isaiah 30:11-12, Hosea 11:9, Habakkuk 1:12, Habakkuk 3:3
11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
מַה־כֹּחִי כִי־אֲיַחֵל וּמַה־קִּצִּי כִּי־אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִׁי׃ (1115)
See also: Psalms 103:14-16, Job 7:6, Job 17:1, Job 17:15, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 102:23, Job 7:5-7, Job 10:20, Job 13:25, Job 13:28, Job 15:22, Job 17:14-16, Job 19:10, Job 21:4, Psalms 90:5-10, Isaiah 38:10, Lamentations 3:18, Job 6:8, Job 11:18
12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
אִם־כֹּחַ אֲבָנִים כֹּחִי אִם־בְּשָׂרִי נָחוּשׁ׃ (1127)
13Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
הַאִם אֵין עֶזְרָתִי בִי וְתֻשִׁיָּה נִדְּחָה מִמֶּנִּי׃ (1734)
14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
לַמָּס מֵרֵעֵהוּ חָסֶד וְיִרְאַת שַׁדַּי יַעֲזֹוב׃ (1549)
See also: Micah 7:5, 1 Samuel 1:6, Proverbs 17:17, 1 Corinthians 12:26, Galatians 6:2, 1 Samuel 1:8, Job 2:11, Romans 12:15, Proverbs 25:19, Luke 23:40, 2 Corinthians 11:29, Hebrews 13:3, Job 4:3-5, Job 4:5, Job 15:4, Job 16:4, Job 16:5, Job 19:19, Job 19:21, Psalms 36:1-3
15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
אַחַי בָּגְדוּ כְמֹו־נָחַל כַּאֲפִיק נְחָלִים יַעֲבֹרוּ׃ (825)
See also: Psalms 38:11, Jeremiah 12:6, Jeremiah 15:18, Matthew 26:31, Psalms 41:9, Psalms 55:12-14, Proverbs 19:4, John 13:18, John 16:32, Job 6:21, Job 11:16, Job 14:11, Job 19:19, Psalms 88:18, Proverbs 19:22, Jeremiah 9:4-5, Jeremiah 30:14, Lamentations 1:2, Micah 7:5-6, Jude 1:12
16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
הַקֹּדְרִים מִנִּי־קָרַח עָלֵימֹו יִתְעַלֶּם־שָׁלֶג׃ (1806)
17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
בְּעֵת יְזֹרְבוּ נִצְמָתוּ בְּחֻמֹּו נִדְעֲכוּ מִמְּקֹומָם׃ (1755)
18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
יִלָּפְתוּ אָרְחֹות דַּרְכָּם יַעֲלוּ בַתֹּהוּ וְיֹאבֵדוּ׃ (1963)
See also: Jeremiah 10:24
19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
הִבִּיטוּ אָרְחֹות תֵּמָא הֲלִיכֹת בָא קִוּוּ־לָמֹו׃ (1744)
See also: Genesis 25:15, Isaiah 21:14, Jeremiah 25:23, Genesis 25:3, 1 Kings 10:1, Job 1:15, Isaiah 21:15, Genesis 10:7, 1 Chronicles 1:32, Job 2:11, Psalms 72:10, Jeremiah 49:20, Ezekiel 27:22-23
20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
בֹּשׁוּ כִּי־בָטָח בָּאוּ עָדֶיהָ וַיֶּחְפָּרוּ׃ (765)
21For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
כִּי־עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם [לֹא כ] (לֹו ק) תִּרְאוּ חֲתַת וַתִּירָאוּ׃ (3195)
See also: Psalms 38:11, 2 Timothy 4:16, Proverbs 27:10, Jeremiah 17:5-6, Job 2:11-13, Job 6:15, Job 13:4, Job 19:13, Psalms 31:11, Psalms 62:9, Proverbs 14:20, Proverbs 19:7, Isaiah 2:22, Jeremiah 51:9, Matthew 26:31, Matthew 26:56, Revelation 18:9-10, Revelation 18:17-18
22Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
הֲכִי־אָמַרְתִּי הָבוּ לִי וּמִכֹּחֲכֶם שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִי׃ (1277)
23Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
וּמַלְּטוּנִי מִיַּד־צָר וּמִיַּד עָרִיצִים תִּפְדּוּנִי׃ (1525)
See also: Job 5:20, Psalms 49:7-8, Psalms 49:15, Psalms 107:2, Jeremiah 15:21, Psalms 69:18, Leviticus 25:48, Nehemiah 5:8
24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
הֹורוּנִי וַאֲנִי אַחֲרִישׁ וּמַהשָּׁ־גִיתִי הָבִינוּ לִי׃ (1750)
See also: Psalms 19:12, Proverbs 9:9, James 3:2, Job 10:2, Psalms 39:1-2, Job 5:27, Job 33:1, Job 34:32, Psalms 32:8, Job 12:2, Job 32:11, Job 32:15-16, Job 33:31-33, Proverbs 25:12, James 1:19
25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
מַה־נִּמְרְצוּ אִמְרֵי־יֹשֶׁר וּמַה־יֹּוכִיחַ הֹוכֵחַ מִכֶּם׃ (1436)
See also: Proverbs 24:26, 1 Samuel 24:16, Job 4:4, Job 6:6, Job 13:5, Job 16:2, Job 16:3-5, Job 21:34, Job 24:25, Job 26:2, Job 27:12, Job 32:3, Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 16:21-24, Proverbs 18:21, Proverbs 25:11, Ecclesiastes 12:10-11
26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
הַלְהֹוכַח מִלִּים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ וּלְרוּחַ אִמְרֵי נֹאָשׁ׃ (1762)
See also: Job 7:11, Job 15:2, Job 8:2, Job 16:3, Matthew 12:37, Ephesians 4:14, Job 2:10, Job 3:3-26, Job 4:3-4, Job 6:4, Job 6:9, Job 10:1, Job 34:3-9, Job 38:2, Job 40:5, Job 40:8, Job 42:3, Job 42:7, Jeremiah 5:13, Hosea 12:1
27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
אַף־עַל־יָתֹום תַּפִּילוּ וְתִכְרוּ עַל־רֵיעֲכֶם׃ (2235)
See also: Job 22:9, Job 24:3, Job 24:9, Psalms 7:15, Proverbs 23:10, Jeremiah 18:20, Joel 3:3, Nahum 3:10, James 1:27, 2 Peter 2:3, Exodus 22:22-24, Job 29:12, Job 31:17, Job 31:21, Psalms 57:6, Psalms 82:3, Psalms 143:4, Jeremiah 18:22, Ezekiel 22:7, Malachi 3:5
29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
שֻׁבוּ־נָא אַל־תְּהִי עַוְלָה [וְשֻׁבִי כ] (וְשׁוּבוּ ק) עֹוד צִדְקִי־בָהּ׃ (1965)
See also: Ecclesiastes 4:1, Job 17:10, Zechariah 1:6, Malachi 3:18, Job 11:4, Job 12:4, Job 23:10, Job 27:4-6, Job 32:1, Job 34:5, Job 42:6, Psalms 6:10
30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
הֲיֵשׁ־בִּלְשֹׁונִי עַוְלָה אִם־חִכִּי לֹא־יָבִין הַוֹּות׃ (1423)
See also: Job 12:11, Job 6:6, Job 34:3, Hebrews 5:14, Job 33:8-12, Job 42:3-6, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 19:35