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31:20 whose heart <02504> did not <03808> bless <01288> me as he warmed <02552> himself with the fleece <01488> of my sheep <03532>, 31:21 if <0518> I have raised <05130> my hand <03027> to vote against <05921> the orphan <03490>, when <03588> I saw <07200> my support <05833> in the court <08179>, 31:22 then let my arm <03802> fall <05307> from the shoulder <07929>, let my arm <0248> be broken <07665> off at the socket <07070>. 31:23 For <03588> the calamity <0343> from God <0410> was a terror <06343> to <0413> me, and by reason of his majesty <07613> I was powerless <03201> <03808>. 31:24 “If <0518> I have put <07760> my confidence <03689> in gold <02091> or said <0559> to pure gold <03800>, ‘You are my security <04009>!’ 31:25 if <0518> I have rejoiced <08055> because <03588> of the extent <03524> of my wealth, or because of the great <07227> wealth <02428> my hand <03027> had gained <04672>, 31:26 if <0518> I looked <07200> at the sun <0216> when <03588> it was shining <01984>, and the moon <03394> advancing <01980> as a precious <03368> thing, 31:27 so that my heart <03820> was secretly <05643> enticed <06601>, and my hand <03027> threw <05401> them a kiss <05401> from my mouth <06310>, 31:28 then this <01931> also <01571> would be iniquity <05771> to be judged <06416>, for <03588> I would have been false <03584> to God <0410> above <04605>. 31:29 If <0518> I have rejoiced <08055> over the misfortune <06365> of my enemy <08130> or exulted <05782> because <03588> calamity <07451> found <04672> him– 31:30 I have not <03808> even permitted <05414> my mouth <02441> to sin <02398> by asking <07592> for his life <05315> through a curse <0423>– 31:31 if <0518> the members <04962> of my household <0168> have never <03808> said <0559>, ‘If only there were <05414> someone who <04310> has not <03808> been satisfied <07646> from Job’s meat <01320>!’– 31:32 But no <03808> stranger <01616> had to spend <03885> the night outside <02351>, for I opened <06605> my doors <01817> to the traveler <0734>– 31:33 if <0518> I have covered <03680> my transgressions <06588> as men <0121> do, by hiding <02934> iniquity <05771> in my heart <02243>, 31:34 because <03588> I was terrified <06206> of the great <07227> multitude <01995>, and the contempt <0937> of families <04940> terrified <02865> me, so that I remained silent <01826> and would not <03808> go <03318> outdoors <06607>– 31:35 “If <04310> only I had <05414> someone to hear <08085> me! Here <02005> is my signature <08420>– let the Almighty <07706> answer <06030> me! If only I had an indictment <05612> that my accuser <07379> <0376> had written <03789>. 31:36 Surely <0518> I would wear it proudly on <05921> my shoulder <07926>, I would bind <06029> it on me like a crown <05850>; 31:37 I would give <05046> him an accounting <04557> of my steps <06806>; like <03644> a prince <05057> I would approach <07126> him. 31:38 “If <0518> my land <0127> cried out <02199> against <05921> me and all its furrows <08525> wept <01058> together <03162>, 31:39 if <0518> I have eaten <0398> its produce <03581> without <01097> paying <03701>, or caused the death <05301> <05315> of its owners <01167>, 31:40 then let thorns <02336> sprout up <03318> in place <08478> of wheat <02406>, and in place <08478> of barley <08184>, weeds <0890>!” The words <01697> of Job <0347> are ended <08552>.

• Job 31:35-37 -- Job's Appeal
• Job 31:38-40 -- Job's Final Solemn Oath

• Integrity

  [nave] INTEGRITY. Gen. 18:19; Ex. 18:21; Deut. 16:19, 20; Job 10:7; Job 13:15, 18; Job 16:17; Job 27:4-6; Job 29:14; Job 31:1-40; Psa. 7:3-5, 8; Psa. 15:1-5; Psa. 17:3; Psa. 18:20 2 Sam. 22:21. Psa. 24:3-5; Psa. 26:1-3; Psa. 69:4;...
  

• CHARM

  [isbe] CHARM - charm: Definition.--The word charm is derived from the Latin carmen, "a song," and denotes strictly what is sung; then it comes to mean a magical formula chanted or recited with a view to certain desired results. Cha...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• JOB, BOOK OF

  [isbe] JOB, BOOK OF - || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Place in the Canon 2. Rank and Readers II. THE LITERARY FRAMEWORK 1. Setting of Time, Place and Scene 2. Characters and Personality 3. Form and Style III. THE COURSE OF THE STORY A) To Jo...
  

• Temptation

  [nave] TEMPTATION. Gen. 3:1-13; Gen. 20:6; Ex. 34:12 vs. 13-16.; Deut. 7:25; Deut. 8:11-14, 17, 18; Deut. 13:3; 1 Chr. 21:1; 2 Chr. 32:30, 31; Psa. 119:165; Prov. 1:10-17; Prov. 2:10-12, 16; Prov. 4:14, 15; Prov. 5:6-21; Prov. 6:2...
  

• Idolatry

  [isbe] IDOLATRY - i-dol'-a-tri (teraphim, "household idols," "idolatry"; eidololatreia): There is ever in the human mind a craving for visible forms to express religious conceptions, and this tendency does not disappear with the ac...
  [smith] strictly speaking denotes the worship of deity in a visible form, whether the images to which homage is paid are symbolical representations of the true God or of the false divinities which have been made the objects of worshi...
  [nave] IDOLATRY. Wicked Practices of Human sacrifices, Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5; Deut. 12:31; 18:10; 2 Kin. 3:26, 27; 16:3; 17:17, 18; 21:6; 23:10; 2 Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Psa. 106:37, 38; Isa. 57:5; Jer. 7:31; 19:4-7; 32:35; Ezek. 16:20, 2...
  

• Sun

  [ebd] (Heb. shemesh), first mentioned along with the moon as the two great luminaries of heaven (Gen. 1:14-18). By their motions and influence they were intended to mark and divide times and seasons. The worship of the sun was one...
  [smith] In the history of "greater light," of the creation the sun is described as "greater light," in contradistinction to the moon, the "lesser light," in conjunction with which it was to serve "for signs and for seasons, and for d...
  [nave] SUN Created, Gen. 1:14-18; Psa. 74:16; 136:7; Jer. 31:35. Rising and setting of, Eccl. 1:5. Daily motion of, Psa. 19:4, 6. Worship of, forbidden, Deut. 4:19; 17:3. Worshiped, Job 31:26-28; Jer. 8:2; Ezek. 6:4, 6; 8:16. ...
  

• Moon

  [ebd] heb. yareah, from its paleness (Ezra 6:15), and lebanah, the "white" (Cant. 6:10; Isa. 24:23), was appointed by the Creator to be with the sun "for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years" (Gen. 1:14-16). A lunation ...
  [isbe] MOON - moon (yareach; meaning obscure--probably "wanderer"; by some given as "paleness"; selene): The moon was very early worshipped by the nations of the Far East as a divinity or the representative of one or more deities. ...
  [smith] The moon held an important place in the kingdom of nature, as known to the Hebrews. Conjointly with the sun, it was appointed "for signs and for seasons, and for days and years;" though in this respect it exercised a more imp...
  [nave] MOON Created by God, Gen. 1:16; Psa. 8:3; 136:7-9. Its light, Job 31:26; Eccl. 12:2; Song 6:10; Jer. 31:35; 1 Cor. 15:41. Its influences, Deut. 33:14; Psa. 121:6. Seasons of (months), Psa. 104:19. Joseph's dream concerni...
  

• Poor

  [nave] POOR Atonement money of, uniform with that of the rich, Ex. 30:15. Inexpensive offerings of the poor, Lev. 5:7; 12:8; 14:21, 22. See: Beneficence; Giving; Liberality; Orphans; Poverty; Widow. Also See: Rich; Riches. Uncl...
  

• Cockle

  [ebd] occurs only in Job 31:40 (marg., "noisome weeds"), where it is the rendering of a Hebrew word (b'oshah) which means "offensive," "having a bad smell," referring to some weed perhaps which has an unpleasant odour. Or it may b...
  [isbe] COCKLE - kok'-'-l (King James Version margin "stinking weeds," the Revised Version, margin "noisome weeds"; bo'shah, from Hebrew root ba'ash, "to stink"; batos): "Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of bar...
  [smith] probably signifies bad weeds or fruit. (Job 31:40)
  [nave] COCKLE, a general term for obnoxious plants, Job 31:40.
  

• Beneficence

  [nave] BENEFICENCE. Deut. 15:7-15, 18. Lev. 25:35-43. Psa. 41:1; Psa. 112:9; Prov. 3:27, 28; Prov. 11:25; Prov. 22:9; Prov. 25:21, 22; Prov. 28:27; Isa. 58:6, 7, 10, 11; Ezek. 18:5, 7-9; Matt. 5:42; Matt. 19:21 Mark 10:21. Matt. 2...
  

• ADORATION

  [isbe] ADORATION - ad-o-ra'-shun: Though this word never occurs in English Versions, it represents aspects of worship which are very prominent in the Bible. I. Etymology. The word is derived from Latin adorare = (1) "to speak to," ...
  [smith] The acts and postures by which the Hebrews expressed adoration bear a great similarity to those still in use among Oriental nations. To rise up and suddenly prostrate the body was the most simple method; but, generally speaki...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• QUEEN OF HEAVEN

  [isbe] QUEEN OF HEAVEN - (melekheth ha-shamayim, although there is another reading, mele'kheth, "worship" or "goddess"): Occurs only in two passages: Jer 7:18; 44:17-19,25, where the prophet denounces the wrath of God upon the inha...
  

• Rich, The

  [nave] RICH, THE: Neh. 5:1-13; Job 21:7-15; Job 27:13-23; Job 31:24, 25, 28; Psa. 49:16-18; Psa. 52:1-7; Psa. 73:3-22; Prov. 14:20; Prov. 18:11, 23; Prov. 28:11; Eccl. 5:13, 14, 19, 20; Jer. 5:7-9, 27-29; Jer. 9:23; Jer. 17:11; Je...
  

• ASTRONOMY, II

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, II - II. The Constellations. The principal achievement of the science of astronomy in the centuries during which the books of the Old Testament were written was the arrangement and naming of the constellations, an...
  

• PSALMS, BOOK OF

  [isbe] PSALMS, BOOK OF - samz, (tehillim, "praises," cepher tehillim, "book of praises"; Psalmoi, Psalterion): I. INTRODUCTORY TOPICS 1. Title 2. Place in the Canon 3. Number of Psalms 4. Titles in the Hebrew Text II. AUTHORSHIP AN...
  

• Greed

  [nave] GREED. Ex. 18:21; Ex. 20:17 Deut. 5:21. Neh. 5:7; Job 20:15; Job 31:24, 25, 28; Psa. 10:3; Psa. 119:36; Prov. 1:19; Prov. 11:24, 26; Prov. 15:27; Prov. 21:25, 26; Prov. 22:16; Prov. 23:4, 5; Prov. 30:8, 9; Eccl. 1:8 vs. 2-8...
  

• Enemy

  [nave] ENEMY. Ex. 23:5; Job 31:29, 30; Psa. 35:1-7 vs. 8-28.; Prov. 24:17, 18; Prov. 25:21, 22; Matt. 5:43-48; Luke 6:27-36; Rom. 12:14, 20 The wickedness of David's, Psa. 56:5; 57:4, 6; 62:4; 69:4, 9; 71:10; 102:8; 109:2-5; 129:1...
  

• SUN-WORSHIP

  [isbe] SUN-WORSHIP - sun'-wur-ship: The splendor of the sun makes it a natural object of adoration, once the purer idea of the one true God (Rom 1:20,21) is parted with, and in most ancient nations the worship of the sun was an out...
  

• What Is My Sin?

  

• Romans 8:18 and 1Pet chapter 4 seem to imply Christians should rejoice in our suffering because of the sympathy towards the suffering of Jesus,
  The suffering I have experienced does not compare to what you have described. The problem of pain is one that requires much more than a glib response. Indeed, the answer is probably the content of a book -- one...

God’s Names

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