Job in the Bible
Meaning: he that weeps or cries
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And the sons of Issachar: Tola, And Puah, And Job, And Shimron.
Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,
After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.
Their job was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the Lord's temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God's temple.
They were also over
If it pleases the king, let a [decree] be issued to destroy them, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to those who do the job, to bring to the treasury of the king."
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
His estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were finished, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil?
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?
“Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job himself.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.
One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:
Then Job arose, and tore his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped,
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God with wrong.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot unto the crown of his head.
Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
But he said unto her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
and sat with Job on the ground for a full week without saying a word, since they could see the great extent of his anguish.
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
And Job spoke, and said,
But Job answered and said,
“How long will you say these things?
And will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
And your lips with joyful shouting [if you are found blameless].
Then Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
My ear has heard and understood it.
Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered and said,
But Job answered and said,
“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man?
And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’
“But the land is possessed by the man with power,
And the favored and honorable man dwells in it.
Then Job answered and said,
But Job answered and said,
Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said,
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --
“Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table?”
I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.
And these three men cease from answering Job, for he is righteous in his own eyes,
and burn doth the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job hath his anger burned, because of his justifying himself more than God;
and against his three friends hath his anger burned, because that they have not found an answer, and condemn Job.
And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days.
But when he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he became angry.
“Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;
I also will give you my opinion [about Job’s situation] and tell you plainly what I think.’
And unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, Or answerer of his sayings among you.
“Beware if you say,
‘We have found wisdom;
God thrusts Job down [justly], not man [for God alone is dealing with him].’
and I will not respond to him with your arguments.
words have left them.
And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and to all my words give ear.
“For God speaks once,
And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job].
"If there's a messenger appointed to mediate for Job one out of a thousand to represent the man's integrity on his behalf,
Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak.
For Job hath said, 'I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,
Who is a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,
Yes, Job, his eyes constantly watch the behavior of human beings; he carefully observes their every step.
Job -- not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words are not with wisdom.
My Father! let Job be tried -- unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not Job know his great arrogancy?
And Job with vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
“But you [Job] were full of judgment on the wicked,
Judgment and justice take hold of you.
Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.
“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;
We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
“Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions
Do you observe the calving of the deer?
“Will you have faith and depend on him to return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?
“Have you [Job] made him leap like a locust?
The majesty of his snorting [nostrils] is terrible.
“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south [as winter approaches]?
And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --
And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And [if you are so able] tread down the wicked where they stand.
“[If you can do all this, Job, proving your divine power] then I [God] will also praise you and acknowledge
That your own right hand can save you.
“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];
He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job,
And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: --
And it cometh to pass after Jehovah's speaking these words unto Job, that Jehovah saith unto Eliphaz the Temanite, 'Burned hath Mine anger against thee, and against thy two friends, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.
And now, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go ye unto My servant Job, and ye have caused a burnt-offering to ascend for you; and Job My servant doth pray for you, for surely his face I accept, so as not to do with you folly, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.
And they go -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite -- and do as Jehovah hath spoken unto them; and Jehovah doth accept the face of Job.
And Jehovah hath turned to the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add to all that Job hath -- to double.
And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
And there have not been found women fair as the daughters of Job in all the land, and their father doth give to them an inheritance in the midst of their brethren.
And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations;
and Job dieth, aged and satisfied with days.
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver their own souls only by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall deliver their own souls only by their righteousness.
That slave will be happy when his master returns to find him doing his job [well].
It is like a man who left his house on a trip to another country. [Before leaving] he put his servants in charge of his affairs, giving each one a [particular] job to do, then he ordered the gatekeeper to stay alert [i.e., while he was gone].
That servant will be happy when his master returns to find him doing [his job] well.
Then the property manager said to himself, What am I going to do since my master is taking away my job? I am not strong enough to dig [i.e., as a farm laborer], and I am too ashamed to beg.
I know what I'll do so that people will welcome me into their homes when I'm dismissed from my job.'
For this world's "wisdom" is foolishness to God. For it is written [Job 5:13], "He [i.e., God] catches wise people in their cleverness."
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