Job 32:4--37:24
waited ... speaking ... Job <0347 01697 02442> [waited till Job had spoken. Heb. expected Job in words.]
older <02205> [elder. Heb. elder for days.]
angry <0639> [his wrath.]
young <06810> [I am.]
young <06810> [young. Heb. few of days. ye are.]
afraid ... explain <03372 02331> [durst not. Heb. feared.]
breath <05397> [the inspiration.]
aged <07227> [Great.]
old men <02205> [neither.]
waited ..... speak <03176 01697> [I waited for.]
wise thoughts <08394> [reasons. Heb. understandings.]
Instead of {tevoonotheychem,} nine MSS. read {techoonotheychem,} "your arguments;" but the sense is nearly the same.
searching <02713> [whilst.]
{Ad tachkeroon millin,} "whilst ye were searching for words;" a fine irony, which they must have felt.
words <04405> [what to say. Heb. words.]
proving <03198> [unto you.]
{WeÆ’deychem} is rendered "and your testimonies," by the Syriac, Arabic, and LXX., and one of De Rossi's Mss. (874) is so pointed as to require this reading.
proving <03198> [behold.]
say <0559> [Lest.]
found <04672> [We.]
God <0410> [God.]
directed <06186> [directed. Heb. ordered.]
dismayed <02865> [amazed.]
nothing left ... say <04405 06275> [left off speaking. Heb. removed speeches from themselves.]
words <04405> [matter. Heb. words. the spirit.]
constrains <0990 06693> [within me. Heb. of my belly.]
outlet <06605> [hath no vent. Heb. is not opened. new.]
speak <01696> [I will speak.]
find relief <07304> [be refreshed. Heb. breathe. I will open.]
show <05375> [accept.]
confer a title <03655> [flattering.]
know .... give honorary titles <03045 03655> [I know not. That is, I cannot.]
listen <08085> [hear.]
opened <06605> [I.]
mouth ...... mouth <06310 02441> [mouth. Heb. palate.]
uprightness <03476> [the.]
lips <08193> [my lips.]
can <03201> [If.]
arguments <06186> [set.]
stand <03320> [stand.]
<06310> [I am.]
<06310> [wish. Heb. mouth. in.]
molded <07169> [I also.]
molded <07169> [formed. Heb. cut.]
fear <0367> [my terror.]
pressure <0405> [my hand.]
hearing <0241> [hearing. Heb. ears.]
pure <02134> [clean.]
clean <02643> [innocent.]
finds <04672> [he findeth.]
regards <02803> [he counteth.]
puts <07760> [putteth.]
watches <08104> [marketh.]
right <06663> [thou.]
answer <06030> [I will.]
God <0433> [God.]
contend <07378> [strive.]
answer <06030> [giveth not account. Heb. answereth not.]
God <0410> [God.]
perceive <07789> [perceiveth.]
dream <02472> [a dream.]
deep sleep <08639> [deep.]
revelation <01540> [openeth. Heb. revealeth. or, uncovereth.]
warnings <02856> [sealeth.]
turn <05493> [withdraw.]
<04639> [purpose. Heb. work. hide.]
spares <02820> [keepeth.]
crossing over <05674> [perishing. Heb. passing.]
chastened <03198> [chastened.]
pain <04341> [pain.]
life <02416> [his life.]
appetizing fare <08378 03978> [dainty meat. Heb. meat of desire.]
flesh <01320> [His flesh.]
bones <06106> [his bones.]
life <05315> [his soul.]
<02416> [his life.]
angel <04397> [a messenger.]
mediator <03887> [an interpreter.]
one <0259> [one.]
tell <05046> [to.]
gracious <02603> [Then.]
Spare <06308> [Deliver.]
found <04672> [I.]
ransom <03724> [a ransom. or, an atonement.]
flesh <01320> [His flesh.]
youth's <05290> [a child's. Heb. childhood. return.]
entreats <06279> [pray.]
sees <07200> [and he shall.]
delights ............ restores <07521 07725> [he will.]
sings <07789> [looketh, etc. or, shall look upon men, and say, I have sinned, etc.]
sinned <02398> [I.]
falsified <05753> [perverted.]
<03477> [right.]
deserved <07737> [it profited.]
redeemed <06299> [will deliver, etc. or, hath delivered my soul, etc. and my life.]
sees <07200> [see.]
does <06466> [all.]
twice <06471> [oftentimes. Heb. twice and thrice.]
back <07725> [To bring.]
enlightened <0215> [enlightened.]
listen <08085> [hearken.]
teach <0502> [I.]
ear <0241> [the ear.]
mouth <02441> [mouth. Heb. palate.]
evaluate <0977> [choose.]
know <03045> [know.]
innocent <06663> [I.]
God <0410> [God.]
lie <03576> [I.]
wound <02671> [wound. Heb. arrow.]
profit <05532> [It.]
delight <07521> [delight.]
understanding <03824> [understanding. Heb. heart.]
Far be it <02486> [far.]
work <06467> [the work.]
person <0376> [cause.]
truth <0551> [surely.]
pervert <05791> [pervert.]
entrusted <06485> [Who hath given.]
world <08398> [the whole world. Heb. the world, all of it.]
set <07760> [set.]
gather <0622> [upon man. Heb. upon him. he gather.]
hates <08130> [even.]
govern <02280> [govern. Heb. bind. wilt.]
shows <05375> [accepteth.]
princes <08269> [princes.]
note <05234> [regardeth.]
work <04639> [they.]
moment <07281> [a moment.]
shaken <01607> [troubled.]
away ... mighty ... removed <05493 047> [the mighty shall be taken away. Heb. they shall take away the mighty. without.]
darkness <02822> [no.]
deep darkness <06757> [nor.]
evildoers <06466> [the.]
consider <07760> [he will.]
come <01980> [that he.]
come <01980> [enter. Heb. go.]
shatters <07489> [break.]
inquiry <02714> [number. Heb. searching out. set.]
knows <05234> [he knoweth.]
night <03915> [in the.]
crushed <01792> [destroyed. Heb. crushed.]
place <04725> [in.]
place ..... see <07200 04725> [open sight of others. Heb. place of beholders.]
turned <05493> [turned.]
following <0310> [from him. Heb. from after him. would.]
cry .............. cry <06818> [they.]
hears <08085> [and he.]
quiet <08252> [When he giveth.]
hides <05641> [when he hideth.]
see <07789> [who then can behold.]
nation <01471> [whether.]
see <02372> [which.]
done <06466> [if.]
it ....... recompense <07999> [Should.]
it ....... recompense <07999> [according to thy mind. Heb. from with thee. he will.]
that ...... because <03588> [whether thou refuse.]
know <03045> [what.]
understanding <03824> [understanding. Heb. heart.]
Job .... tested <015 0347 0974> [My desire is that Job may be tried. or, My father, let Job be tried.]
answers <08666> [his answers.]
transgression <06588> [rebellion.]
claps <05606> [he clappeth.]
multiplies <07235> [multiplieth.]
think <02803> [Thinkest.]
right <06664> [My.]
profit <05532> [what advantage.]
sinning <02403> [If I be cleansed from my sin. or, by it more than by my sin.]
friends <07725 07453> [answer thee. Heb. return to thee words. thy.]
Gaze <05027> [Look.]
clouds <07834> [the clouds.]
person <0376> [may hurt.]
people <01121> [may profit.]
cry out <02199> [they make.]
power <02220> [the arm.]
says <0559> [none.]
God <0433> [Where.]
Creator <06213> [my.]
gives <05414> [who.]
cry out <06817> [There.]
because <06440> [because.]
God <0410> [God.]
take notice <07789> [regard.]
say <0559> [thou sayest.]
case <01779> [yet.]
waiting <02342> [trust.]
punish <06485> [because.]
punish ....... know <06485 03045> [he. that is, God. visited.]
punish ....... know <06485 03045> [he. that is, Job. in great.]
Be patient <03803> [Suffer.]
words <04405> [I have yet to speak, etc. Heb. there are yet words for God.]
speak <05375> [fetch.]
ascribe <05414> [ascribe.]
words <04405> [my.]
one complete <08549> [perfect.]
knowledge <01844> [in.]
despise <03988> [despiseth.]
mighty .......... mighty <03524> [mighty.]
intent <03820> [wisdom. Heb. heart.]
live <02421> [preserveth.]
gives <05414> [giveth.]
poor <06041> [poor. or, afflicted.]
[withdraw.]
kings <04428> [with.]
<03427> [he doth.]
bound <0631> [if.]
cords <02256> [cords.]
reveals <05046> [he.]
what they have done .... transgressions <06467 06588> [their.]
reveals <01540> [openeth.]
says <0559> [commandeth.]
obey <08085> [If.]
live <03615> [spend.]
listen <08085> [if.]
pass over <05674> [perish. Heb. pass away. die.]
nourish <07760> [heap.]
cry out <07768> [they.]
binds <0631> [bindeth.]
die <05315 04191> [They die. Heb. Their soul dieth.]
male cultic prostitutes <06945> [unclean. or, sodomites.]
delivers <02502> [delivereth.]
afflicted <06041> [poor. or, afflicted. openeth.]
wide place <07338> [a broad.]
comfort .... table <07979 05183> [that which should be set on thy table. Heb. the rest of thy table. full.]
preoccupied <04390> [fulfilled.]
take hold <08551> [take hold on thee. should uphold thee.]
Be careful <02534> [Because.]
riches <05607> [his.]
<07230> [then.]
turn ... aside <05186> [deliver thee. Heb. turn thee aside.]
sustain <06186> [Will.]
efforts <03981> [nor all.]
cover <07602> [Desire.]
drag <05927> [cut.]
turn <06437> [regard.]
have ... tested <0977> [this.]
God <0410> [God.]
teacher ... him <03384> [who.]
prescribed <06485> [Who hath.]
done <06466> [Thou.]
extol <07679> [magnify.]
<0582> [which.]
God <0410> [God.]
knowledge <03045> [we.]
number <04557> [neither.]
draws <01639> [he.]
mist <0108> [the vapour.]
spreading <04666> [the spreadings.]
thunderings <08663> [the noise.]
scattered <06566> [he.]
covered <03680> [and.]
depths <08328> [bottom. Heb. roots.]
judges <01777> [by]
supplies <05414> [he giveth.]
Perhaps these difficult verses should be rendered, "He covereth the concave with lightning, and chargeth it what it shall strike. Its noise declareth concerning him; a magazine of wrath against iniquity."
thunder <07452> [noise.]
cattle <04735> [the cattle.]
<05927> [the vapour. Heb. that which goeth up.]
Listen carefully <08085> [Hear attentively. Heb. Hear in hearing. the noise.]
lets <03474> [He.]
lightning <0216> [lightning. Heb. light. ends. Heb. wings.]
voice ........ voice ............. voice <06963> [a voice.]
voice ........ voice ............. voice <06963> [the voice.]
bolts <06117> [he will.]
thunders <07481> [thundereth.]
great <01419> [great.]
says <0559> [he.]
torrential rains <04306> [likewise to the small, etc. Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength.]
torrential rains <04306> [great.]
stop working <02856> [He.]
<0582> [that.]
chamber <02315> [south. Heb. chamber.]
tempest <05492> [the whirlwind.]
icy <04215> [north. Heb. scattering winds.]
loads <02959> [he wearieth.]
scatters <06327> [he scattereth.]
lightning .... clouds <0216 06051> [his bright cloud. Heb. the cloud of his light.]
go round <02015> [it.]
carry out <06467> [that.]
punishment <07626> [whether.]
punishment <07626> [correction. Heb. a rod. for his.]
mercy <02617> [for mercy.]
Stand <05975> [stand.]
consider <0995> [consider.]
know <03045> [Dost.]
lightning <0216> [the light.]
balancing <04657> [the balancings.]
perfect <08549> [perfect.]
<08252> [he.]
spread <07554> [spread.]
molten <03332> [as.]
Tell <03045> [Teach.]
say ...... prepare <0559 06186> [we.]
Should .... informed <05608> [Shall it.]
swallowed <01104> [surely.]
golden splendor <02091> [Fair. Heb. Gold weather.]
God <0433> [with.]
attain <04672> [we.]
great <07689> [excellent.]
justice <04941> [in judgment.]
oppress <06031> [he will.]
fear <03372> [fear.]
regard <07200> [he.]