Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible







And [the] angels who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling place, he has kept in eternal bonds under deep gloom for the judgment of the great day,






And [the] angels who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling place, he has kept in eternal bonds under deep gloom for the judgment of the great day,


"And a word came stealing to me, and my ear received [the] whisper from it. Amid troubling thoughts from night visions, at [the] falling of deep sleep on men, dread met me, and trembling, and it made many of my bones shake. read more.
And a spirit glided before my face; the hair of my flesh bristled. It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form [was] {before} my eyes; [there was] a hush, and I heard a voice: 'Can a human being be more righteous than God, or can a man be more pure than his Maker? Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error. How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. {Between morning and evening} they are destroyed; without [anyone] regarding [it] they perish forever. [Is] not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but not in wisdom.'


When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, [the] moon and [the] stars which you set in place-- what [is] a human being that you think of him? and a child of humankind that you care for him?

"Where were you at my laying the foundation of [the] earth? Tell [me], if you possess understanding.

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error. How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth.

"Can a man be of use to God? Yes, can [the] wise be of use to him? [Is] it a pleasure to Shaddai if you are righteous, or a gain if you make your ways blameless? Does he reprove you because of your reverence [or] enter into judgment with you? read more.
[Is] not your wickedness great, and there is no end to your iniquities?

"Indeed, how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure? Look, even [the] moon {is not bright}, and [the] stars are not pure in his sight. {How much less} for a human being [who is] a maggot, and {a human} [who is] a worm?"

"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'? If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit {by refraining from my sin}?' I myself {will give answer to you} and [to] your friends with you. read more.
"Look at [the] heavens, and see; and observe [the] clouds [that] are higher than you. If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And [if] your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand? Your wickedness [affects] a person like yourself, and your righteousness [affects] humans.

"Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place, to take hold of the earth's skirts so that the wicked might be shaken off from it?

O Yahweh, what [is] humankind that you take knowledge of him, [or the] son of man that you take thought of him? Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.


And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings, and [with] glory and [with] majesty you crowned him.

You made him for a short [time] lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor; you subjected all [things] under his feet. For in subjecting all [things], he left nothing [that was] not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all [things] subjected to him,

Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error. How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. {Between morning and evening} they are destroyed; without [anyone] regarding [it] they perish forever. read more.
[Is] not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but not in wisdom.'