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A patriarch distinguished for his integrity and piety, his wealth, honors, and domestic happiness, whom God permitted, for the trial of his faith, to be deprived of friends, property, and health, and at once plunged into deep affliction. He lived in the land of Uz, lying, it is generally thought, in Eastern Edom, probably not far from Bozrah.
THE BOOK OF JOB, has originated much criticism, and on many points a considerable diversity of opinion still exists. Sceptics have denied its inspiration, and called it a mere philosophical romance; but no one who respects revelation can entertain this notion, or doubt that Job was a real person. Inspired writers testify to both. See Eze 14:14; Jas 5:11, and compare 1Co 3:19 with Job 5:13. The book itself specifies persons, places, and circumstances in the manner of true history. Moreover, the name and history of Job are spread throughout the East; Arabian writers mention him, and many Mohammedan families perpetuate his name. Five different places claim the possession of his tomb.
The precise period of his life cannot be ascertained, yet no doubt can exist as to its patriarchal antiquity. The book seems to allude to the flood, Job 22:15-17, but not to the destruction of Sodom, to the exodus from Egypt, or the giving of the Law. No reference is made to any order of priesthood, Job himself being the priest of his household, like Noah and Abraham. There is allusion to the most ancient form of idolatry, star-worship, and to the earliest mode of writing, Job 19:24. The longevity of Job also places him among the patriarchs. He survived his trial one hundred and forty years, and was an old man before his trial began, for his children were established each at the head of his own household, Job 1:4; 42:16. The period of long lives had not wholly passed away, Job 15:10. Hales places the trial of Job before the birth of Abraham, and Usher, about thirty years before the exodus, B. C. 1521.
As to the authorship of the book, many opinions have been held. It has all the freedom of an original composition, bearing no marks of its being a translation; and if so, it would appear that its author must have been a Hebrew, since it is written in the purest Hebrew. It exhibits, moreover, the most intimate acquaintance with both Egyptian and Arabian scenery, and is in the loftiest style of oriental poetry. All these circumstances are consistent with the views of those who regard Moses as its probable author. It has, however, been ascribed to various other persons. IT presents a beautiful exhibition of patriarchal religion. It teaches the being and perfections of God, his creation of all things, and his universal providence; the apostasy and guilt of evil spirits and of mankind; the mercy of God, on the basis of a sacrifice, and on condition of repentance and faith, Job 33:27-30; 42:6,8; the immortality of the soul, and the resurrection of the body, Job 14:7-15; 19:25-27.
The main problem discussed in Job is the justice of God in suffering the righteous to be afflicted, while the wicked prosper. It is settled, by showing that, while the hand of a just God is manifest in his providential government of human affairs, it is his sovereign right to choose his own time and mode of retribution both to the evil and the good, and to subject the graces of his people to whatever trials he deems best.
The conference of Job and his friends may be divided into three parts. In the first, Eliphaz addresses Job, and Job replies; then Bildad and Job, and Zophar and Job speak, in turn. In the second part, the same order is observed and in the third also, except that after Job's reply to Bildad, the three friends have no more to urge, and instead of Zophar, a fourth friend named Elihu takes up the word; and the whole is concluded by the decision of Jehovah himself. The friends of Job argue that his remarkable afflictions must have been sent in punishment of highly aggravated transgressions, and urge him to confession and repentance. The pious patriarch, conscious of his own integrity and love to God cast down and bewildered by his sore chastisements, and pained by the suspicions of his friends, warmly vindicates his innocence, and shows that the best of men are sometimes the most afflicted; but forgets that his inward sins merit far heavier punishment, and though he still maintains faith in God, yet he charges Him foolishly. Afterwards he humbly confesses his wrong, and is cheered by the returning smile of God, while his uncharitable friends are reproved. The whole book is written in the highest style of Hebrew poetry, except the two introductory chapters and part of the last, which are prose. As a poem, it is full of sublime sentiments and bold and striking images.
The DISEASE of Job is generally supposed to have been the elephantiasis, or black leprosy. The word rendered "boils" does not necessarily mean abscesses, but burning and inflammation; and no known disease better answers to the description given, Job 2:7-8; 7:5,13/type/emb'>13,13/type/emb'>13; 19:17; 30:17, than the leprosy referred to above. See LEPER.
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Now his sons were wont to go, and make a banquet, at the house of each one upon his day, - and to send and call their three sisters, to eat and to drink with them.
So the accuser went forth from the presence of Yahweh, - and smote Job with a sore boil, from the sole of his foot, unto his crown. And he took him a potsherd, to scrape himself therewith; he being seated in the midst of ashes.
Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
My flesh is clothed with worms and a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run afresh:
Though there is - for a tree - hope, - if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease; If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die: read more. Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling, Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he? Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up; So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep. Oh that, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed time, and remember me: If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: - Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, - For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.
Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!
My breath, is strange to my wife, and I am loathsome to the sons of my own mother;
That, with a stylus of iron and with lead, for all time - in the rock, they could be graven! But, I, know that, my redeemer, liveth, and, as the Last over my dust, will he arise; read more. And, though, after my skin is struck off, this followeth , yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD: Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, shall have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!
The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod? Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation? read more. Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and - What can the Almighty do for himself?
Night, boreth, my bones, all over me, - and, my sinews, find no rest;
He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not; He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit, - and, my life, in the light, shall have vision. read more. Lo! a these things, doth GOD work, two ways, three, with a man; To bring back his soul from the pit, to enlighten with the light of the living.
For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes.
Now, therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and ye shall offer up an ascending-sacrifice in your own behalf, and, Job my servant, shall pray over you, - for, him, will I accept, that I may not deal out to you disgrace, because ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.
And Job lived, after this, a hundred and forty years, - and saw his sons and his sons' sons, four generations.
Then should these three men be in the midst thereof, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their righteousness should deliver their own lives - Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
For, the wisdom of this world, is, foolishness with God; for it is written - He that taketh the wise in their knavery, -
Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; - Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen, - that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,
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persecuted, an Arabian patriarch who resided in the land of Uz (q.v.). While living in the midst of great prosperity, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a series of sore trials that fell upon him. Amid all his sufferings he maintained his integrity. Once more God visited him with the rich tokens of his goodness and even greater prosperity than he had enjoyed before. He survived the period of trial for one hundred and forty years, and died in a good old age, an example to succeeding generations of integrity (Eze 14:14,20) and of submissive patience under the sorest calamities (Jas 5:11). His history, so far as it is known, is recorded in his book.
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Then should these three men be in the midst thereof, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their righteousness should deliver their own lives - Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Were Noah, Daniel and Job n the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely neither son nor daughter, should they deliver, They, by their righteousness should deliver only their own lives.
Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; - Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen, - that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,
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Age, and relation to the canon. The book has a unique position in the canon. It is unconnected with Israel, God's covenant people, with whom all the other scriptures are associated. "The law" (towrah),the Magna Charta of the rest, occurs but once, and then not in its technical sense (Job 22:22). The Exodus is never alluded to, though the miraculous events connected with it in Egypt and the desert, with both of which Job shows his acquaintance, would have been appropriate to his and the friends' argument. The destruction of the guilty by the flood (Job 22:15), and that of Sodom and Gomorrah (Job 18:15) possibly, are referred to; but no later facts. The inference seems natural that the book was of an age anterior to Israel. Job's own life was of patriarchal length, 200 years. The only idolatry alluded to is the earliest, Sabeanism, the worship of the sun, moon, and seba or heavenly hosts (Job 31:26-28).
Job sacrifices as priest for his family according to patriarchal usage, and alludes to no exclusive priesthood, temple, or altar. Lastly, the language is Hebrew with an Arabic and Syriac infusion found in no other sacred book, answering to an age when Hebrew still retained many of the elements of the original common Semitic, from which in time branched off Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic, carrying with them severally fragments of the common stock. The obscurity of several phrases, the obsolete words and forgotten traditions (e.g. that of the bushmen, Job 30:4-7), all mark a remote antiquity. The admission of the book into the Hebrew canon, notwithstanding the absence of reference to Israel, is accounted for if Let's theory be adopted that Moses became acquainted with it during his stay in Arabia, near Horeb, and added the prologue and epilogue. To the afflicted Israelites Job's patience and restoration were calculated to be a lesson of special utility.
The restriction of "Jehovah" (the divine name revealed to Moses in its bringing the fulfillment of the promise to God's covenant people just at that time: Ex 6:3) mostly to the prologue and epilogue favors this view. The Holy Spirit directed him to canonize the oriental patriarch's inspired book, just as he embodies in the Pentateuch the utterances of Balaam the prophet from the mountains of the East. The grand theme of the book is to reconcile the saint's afflictions with God's moral government in this present world. The doctrine of a future life in which the seeming anomalies of the present shall be cleared up would have given the main solution to the problem. But as yet this great truth was kept less prominent until "the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel." Job plainly refers to the resurrection, but not with that persistent prominence with which the New Testament saints rest on it as their continual hope; Job does not make it his main solution.
Even still we need something in addition, to clear off the clouds which hang over God's present government of this fallen earth. The first consideration suggested in this sublime history and poem is, "an enemy hath done this." The veil which hides the world of spirits is drawn aside, and Satan, the accuser of the brethren, appears as the mediate cause of Job's afflictions. Satan must be let do his worst to show that his sneer is false that religion is but selfishness," doth Job fear God for naught?" (Job 1:9). The patience and the final perseverance of the saints (Job 1:21; 2:10; 13:15), notwithstanding temporary distrust under Satan's persecutions which entailed loss of family, friends, possessions, and bodily health, are illustrated in Job's history.
God's people serve Him for His own sake, not merely for the temporary reward His service generally brings; they serve Him even in overwhelming trial (Ge 15:1). Herein Job is a type though imperfectly of Him who alone, without once harbouring a distrustful thought, endured all this as well as death in its most agonizing, humiliating form, and, worse than all, the hiding of even God's countenance from Him. Job's chief agony was not so much his accumulated losses and sufferings, not even his being misunderstood by friends, but that God hid His face from him, as these calamities too truly seemed to prove (Job 23:9). Yet conscience told him he was no hypocrite, nay though God was slaying him he still trusted in God (Job 23:10-15; 13:15; compare Abraham, Genesis 22). Job's three trials are progressive:
1. His sudden loss of all blessings external to himself, possessions, servants, and sons; he conquers this temptation: "naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord."
2. His loss of bodily health by the most loathsome sickness; still he conquers: "shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?"
3. His mental conflict brought on by the three friends' suspicion of his insincerity, which he felt untrue, but which seemed justified by his trials from God; this was the poignant sting to his soul, for he accepted their premises, that great suffering proved great sin.
Here he failed; yet amidst his impatient groans he still clung desperately to his faith and followed hard after God, and felt sure God would yet vindicate him (Job 23:10; 19:25-27). His chief error was his undue self justification before God, which he at last utterly renounces (Job 30:25 to Job 31; Job 32:1; 33:9; 9:17; 10:7; 16:17; 27:5; 29:10-17; 40:4-5; 42:5-6). After fretfully demanding God's interposition (23) to vindicate his innocence he had settled down into the sad conviction that God heeds not, and that His ways of providence are as a theory inexplicable to man while practical wisdom is the fear of the Lord (Job 28:28). Elihu gives a leading solution of the problem. God not only hereafter shall judge the world, but even now providentially and morally controls all its affairs.
Even the righteous have sin which needs correction. God speaks to them by chastisement; He is not really silent (Job 16:21; 23:3; 31:35), as Job had complained (Job 33:14, etc.); He teaches them humility, and prepares them for pardon and life through the mediating Angel of the covenant (of whom Elihu is the type: Job 33:6-7,23-30). To Job's charge against God of injustice Elihu answers that God's omnipotence (Job 34:35-36), upholding man in life when He could destroy him, and His universal government, exclude the idea of injustice in Him. To Job's charge that God's providence is unsearchable, Elihu answers that suffering is to teach humility and adorntion of His greatness. Affliction to the saint is justice and mercy in disguise; he is thereby led to feel the heinousness of sin (via crucis via salutis), and not being permitted by God's love to fall away for ever he repents of the impatience which suffering betrayed him into for a time.
Then, justifying God and condemning himself, he is finally delivered from temporal afflictions. Now already the godly are happier amidst afflictions than the ungodly (Mr 10:29-30). Even these considerations do not exhaust the subject; still difficulties remain. To answer these, God Himself (Job 38) appears on the scene, and resolves all that remains uncleared into the one resting thought of faith, the sovereignty of God. We must wait for His solution hereafter of what we know not now (Joh 13:7). Elihu is the preacher appealing to Job's reason and conscience. God alone, in His appearing, brings home the truth experimentally to Job's heart: "Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning Providence He hides a smiling face. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan God's work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain."
CONSTRUCTION. The artificial construction of the poem appears in the oft recurring sacred numbers three and seven. Job had seven thousand sheep, seven sons, and three daughters, both before and after his trials. His three friends sit with him seven days and nights. "Job" in Arabic means repentance, the name given him in after life from his experiences. His personal reality appears f
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And it came to pass that their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou enterest in towards Sephar, the mountain of the east.
After these things, came the word of Yahweh unto Abram, in a vision saying, - Do not fear Abram, am a shield to thee, thine exceeding great reward.
These, are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: - The sons of Eliphaz, firstborn of Esau, - Chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
I appeared, therefore, unto Abraham unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as GOD Almighty, - although, by my name Yahweh was I not made known to them;
I see One, who is not now, I observe One, who is not nigh, - There hath marched forth a Star out of Jacob. And arisen a Sceptre out of Israel, That hath dishonoured the beard of Mesh, Yea the crown of the head of all the tumultuous;
And his substance was - seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a body of servants exceeding large, - thus was that man the greatest of all the sons of the East.
And the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, Is it, for nought, that Job revereth God?
and said - Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked must I return thither, Yahweh, gave, and, Yahweh, hath taken away, - The name of Yahweh be blessed!
And he said unto her, As one of the base women speaketh, speakest thou? Blessing, shall we accept from God, and, misfortune, shall we not accept? In all this, Job sinned not with his lips.
Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:
For, with a tempest, would he fall upon me, and would multiply my wounds without need;
Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?
Lo! he may slay me, yet , for him, will I wait, - Nevertheless, my ways - unto his face, will I show to be right:
Lo! he may slay me, yet , for him, will I wait, - Nevertheless, my ways - unto his face, will I show to be right:
Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up;
If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: -
In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?
There shall dwell in his tent, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;
But, I, know that, my redeemer, liveth, and, as the Last over my dust, will he arise;
But, I, know that, my redeemer, liveth, and, as the Last over my dust, will he arise; And, though, after my skin is struck off, this followeth , yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD: read more. Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, shall have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!
It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain it upon him for his punishment. He shall flee from the armour of iron, - There shall pierce him, a bow of bronze!
Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth - instruction, - and lay up his sayings in thy heart.
When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save;
On the north, where he worketh, but I get no vision, He hideth himself on the south that I cannot see him. But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.
But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth. Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved; read more. The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips. But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done. Surely he will accomplish what is decreed for me, and, many such things, hath he in store. For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:
Far be it from me! that I should justify, you, - Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me:
And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.
The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave; When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness; read more. Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper; The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy; Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice; Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I! A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out; And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, - and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, - and abode, as king, in an army, as one who, to mourners, giveth comfort.
Who used to pluck off the mallow by the bushes, with the root of the broom for their food; Out of the midst, were they driven, men shouted after them, as after a thief; read more. In the fissures, of the ravines had they to dwell, in holes of dust and crags; Among the bushes, used they to shriek, Under the bramble, were they huddled together:
Verily I wept, for him whose lot was hard, Grieved was my soul, for the needy.
If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along; And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth, read more. That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.
Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!
So these three men ceased to respond to Job, because, he, was righteous in their eyes.
Lo! I am like thyself toward GOD, From clay, have I been nipped off, even I! Lo! my terror, will not startle thee, nor, my hand, upon thee, be heavy.
Pure am, I, without transgression, - Clean am, I, and have no iniquity;
If there hath been near him a messenger who could interpret - one of a thousand, to declare to the son of earth His uprightness, Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption! read more. His flesh hath been made fresher than a child's, he hath returned to the days of his youth; He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness. He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not; He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit, - and, my life, in the light, shall have vision. Lo! a these things, doth GOD work, two ways, three, with a man; To bring back his soul from the pit, to enlighten with the light of the living.
Job, without knowledge, doth speak, and, his words, are not with discretion. Would that Job might be tested to the uttermost, for replying with the men of iniquity:
Then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: -
Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth: Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add.
By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee.
By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee. For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes.
For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption:
I, in righteousness, shall behold thy face, Shall be satisfied when awakened by a vision of thee.
And the waters shall be dried up from the great stream, - And the River, shall waste and be dry;
Accursed, be the day on which I was born, - The day when my mother bare me, let it not be blessed! Accursed, be the man who carried tidings to my father saying, There is born to thee a man-child!
Then should these three men be in the midst thereof, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their righteousness should deliver their own lives - Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Were these three men in the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely neither sons nor daughters, should they deliver, They alone should be delivered, But the land, should become a desolation. Or, a sword, I should bring upon that land, and should say. O sword! thou shalt go through the land, and so I should cut off therefrom, man and beast, read more. Were these three men in the midst thereof, As I live! Saith My Lord Yahweh, They should deliver neither sons nor daughters, - For they alone, should be delivered. Or pestilence, I, should send into that land, - and should pour out mine indignation thereon in blood, to cut off therefrom man and beast Were Noah, Daniel and Job n the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely neither son nor daughter, should they deliver, They, by their righteousness should deliver only their own lives.
Wheresoever, the corpse, shall be, there, shall be gathered, the vultures!
Jesus said - Verily, I say unto you - There is, no one, who hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for the sake of me, and for the sake ofthe glad-message, who shall not receive a hundredfold, now, in this season, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, - with persecutions, and, in the age that is coming, life age-abiding.
And he said unto them - These, are my words, which I spake unto you yet being with you: That all the things that are written in the law of Moses and the Prophets and Psalms, concerning me, must needs be fulfilled.
Jesus answered, and said unto him - What, I, am doing, thou, knowest not, as yet; howbeit, thou shalt got to know, hereafter.
For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord? Or who hath become his counselor? Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?
Be made low in presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; - Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen, - that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,
Searching into what particular, or what manner, of season the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when witnessing beforehand as to - The sufferings, for Christ, and the glories, after these, - Unto whom it was revealed - that, Not unto themselves, but unto us, they were ministering them, which things have, now, been announced unto you through them who have told you the good tidings with Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven: into which things messengers are coveting to obtain a nearer view.
Hastings
JOB
1. The man Job.
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Then died Bela, - and there reigned in his stead, Jobab son of Zerah, from Bozrah.
Then died Bela, - and there reigned in his stead, Jobab son of Zerah, from Bozrah.
Then said Moses unto Yahweh, - So shall the Egyptians hear, For thou hast brought up. in thy might, this people out of their midst; And will tell it unto the inhabitants of this land: They have heard, That, thou, Yahweh, art in the midst of this people, - That eye to eye, is he seen - thou, Yahweh, And thy cloud, is standing over them, And in a pillar of cloud, thou thyself, art going on before them by day, And in a pillar of fire, by night. read more. As soon, therefore, as thou hast put to death this people as one man, so soon will the nations who have heard thy fame speak saying: Because Yahweh, was not able, to bring in this people into the land which he had sworn unto them, therefore did he slay them in the desert.
And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard, that he sent unto Jobab king of Madon, and unto the king of Shimron, and unto the king of Achshaph;
when the Sabeans swooped down, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword, - and escaped am, only I alone, too tell thee. Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, - A fire of God, fell out of the heavens, and burned up the sheep and the young men, and consumed them; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee. read more. Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, The Chaldeans, appointed three chiefs, and spread out against the camels, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.
when lo! a great wind, came from over the desert, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they died, - and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.
and said - Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked must I return thither, Yahweh, gave, and, Yahweh, hath taken away, - The name of Yahweh be blessed!
And he took him a potsherd, to scrape himself therewith; he being seated in the midst of ashes.
Now when the three friends of Job heard of all this misfortune which had befallen him, - they came, every man from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, - for they had by appointment met together to come to shew sympathy with him, and to comfort him.
After this, opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
Perish, the day wherein I was born, and the night it was said, Lo! a manchild! That day, be it darkness, - Let not God enquire after it from above, May there shine upon it no clear beam:
Let day-cursers denounce it, Those skilled in rousing the dragon of the sky: Darkened be the stars of its twilight, - Let it wait for light, and there be none, neither let it see the eyelashes of the dawn: read more. Because it closed not the doors of the womb wherein I was, and so hid trouble from mine eyes.
But, unto me, something was brought by stealth, - and mine ear caught a whispering of the same: When there were thoughts, from visions of the night, - When deep sleep falleth upon men, read more. Dread, came upon me, and trembling, The multitude of my bones, it put in dread: Then, a spirit, over my face, floated along, The hair of my flesh bristled-up: It stood still, but I could not distinguish its appearance, I looked, but there was no form before mine eyes, - A whispering voice, I heard: - - Shall, mortal man, be more just than GOD? Or a man be more pure than, his Maker? Lo! in his own servants, he trusteth not, and, his own messengers, he chargeth with error: How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth: Betwixt morning and evening, are they broken in pieces, With none to save, they utterly perish: Is not their tent-rope within them, torn away? They die, disrobed of wisdom!
Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear: Which darken by reason of the cold, over them, is a covering made by the snow: read more. By the time they begin to thaw, they are dried up, as soon as it is warm, they have vanished out of their place. Caravans turn aside by their course, they go up into a waste, and are lost: The caravans of Tema looked about, the travelling companies of Sheba, hoped for them: They are ashamed that they had trusted, They have come up to one of them, and are confounded.
What is a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind?
So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:
Who made the Bear, the Giant and the Cluster, and the chambers of the south;
As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves - the proud helpers.
Thine own hands, shaped me, and made me, all in unison round about, and yet thou hast confounded me. Remember, I pray thee, that, as clay, thou didst make me, and, unto dust, thou wilt cause me to return. read more. Didst thou not, like milk, pour me forth? and, as cheese, curdle me? With skin and flesh, clothe me? and, with bones and sinews, interweave me? Life and lovingkindness, thou didst bestow upon me, - and, thy watchful care, preserved my breath. Yet, these things, thou didst hide in thy heart, I know that, this, hath been with thee! If I have sinned, then couldst thou watch me, and, from mine iniquity, thou wouldst not acquit me: If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation. When it is lifted up, like a howling lion, thou dost hunt me, Then again thou dost shew thyself marvellous against me. Thou renewest thy witnesses before me, and dost increase thy vexation with me, Relays - yea an army, is with me.
Who leadeth away counsellors as a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth: The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave's waistcloth about their loins: read more. Who leadeth away priests as a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth: Setting aside the speech of the trusty, and, the discernment of elders, He taketh away: Pouring contempt upon nobles, and, the girdle of the mighty, hath He loosed: Laying open deep things, out of darkness, and bringing out to light, the death-shade: Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile: Who taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and hath caused them to wander in a pathless waste: They grope about in the dark, having no light, and He hath made them to reel, like a drunken man.
Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble: As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. read more. And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee? Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one! If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond. read more. Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day. Though there is - for a tree - hope, - if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease; If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die: Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling, Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he? Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up; So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep.
But, now, hath he wearied me, thou hast destroyed all my family; And, having captured me, it hath served, as a witness; and so my wasting away hath risen up against me, in my face, it answereth. read more. His anger, hath torn and persecuted me, He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth, Mine adversary, hath sharpened his eyes for me. They have gaped upon me with their mouth, With reproach, have they smitten my cheek, Together, against me, have they closed their ranks. GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong. At ease, was I when he shattered me, Yea he seized me by my neck, and dashed me in pieces, then set me up for himself as a mark: His archers came round against me, He clave asunder my reins, and spared not, He poured out, on the earth, my gall: He made a breach in me, breach upon breach, He ran upon me, like a mighty man. Sackcloth, sewed I on my skin, and rolled - in the dust - my horn: My face, is reddened from weeping, and, upon mine eyelashes, is the death-shade: - Though no violence was in my hands, and, my prayer, was pure.
But, I, know that, my redeemer, liveth, and, as the Last over my dust, will he arise;
But, I, know that, my redeemer, liveth, and, as the Last over my dust, will he arise; And, though, after my skin is struck off, this followeth , yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:
And, though, after my skin is struck off, this followeth , yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD: Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, shall have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!
Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, shall have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!
Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, are not thine iniquities? Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off: read more. No water - to the weary, hast thou given to drink, and, from the hungry, thou hast withheld broad: A man of might, to him, pertaineth the land, and, the favorite, dwelleth therein: Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.
Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth - instruction, - and lay up his sayings in thy heart.
Swift is he on the face of the waters, Speedily vanished their share in the land, He turneth not to the way of the vineyards. Drought and heat, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned. read more. Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree. He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;
How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power? How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known? read more. Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee? The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants; Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction; Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness; Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them; Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud; A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness; The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke: By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile: By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.
By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent. Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?
As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul; All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils, read more. Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit. Far be it from me! that I should justify, you, - Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me:
Far be it from me! that I should justify, you, - Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me: On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.
On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days. Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse!
Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse! For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?
For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul? His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?
His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress? Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!
Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually! I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal.
I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal. Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose? read more. This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants - from the Almighty, he shall receive.
This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants - from the Almighty, he shall receive. If his children be multiplied, for them, there is the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;
If his children be multiplied, for them, there is the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread; His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep; read more. Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing, He may prepare, but, the righteous, shall put on, and, the silver, shall the innocent apportion. He hath built, like a moth, his house, - like a hut, which a watcher hath made. The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not. There shall reach him - like waters - terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away; An east wind shall lift him up, and he shall depart, and it shall sweep him away out of his place; And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee; He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.
He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.
And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.
Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days:
Instead of wheat, let there come forth bramble, and, instead of barley, a bad-smelling weed! Ended are the words of Job.
Instead of wheat, let there come forth bramble, and, instead of barley, a bad-smelling weed! Ended are the words of Job.
So these three men ceased to respond to Job, because, he, was righteous in their eyes. Then was kindled the anger of Elihu, son of Barachel the Buzite of the family of Ram, - against Job, was kindled his anger, because he justified his own soul rather than God; read more. and, against his three friends, was kindled his anger, - because that they found not a response, and condemned God. But, Elihu, had waited for Job with words, because the others were older than he. Howbeit, when Elihu saw that there was no response in the mouth of the three men, then was kindled his anger. So then Elihu, son of Barachel, the Buzite, responded and said: - Young, am I, whereas, ye, are aged, For this cause, I faltered, and feared - to shew my knowledge unto you:
Or he is chastised with pain, upon his bed, and, the strife of his bones, is unceasing! So that his life maketh loathsome his food, and his soul, dainty meat; read more. His flesh wasteth away out of sight, and bared are the bones once unseen; So doth his soul draw near to the pit, and his life to the inflicters of death: If there hath been near him a messenger who could interpret - one of a thousand, to declare to the son of earth His uprightness, Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption! His flesh hath been made fresher than a child's, he hath returned to the days of his youth; He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness. He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not; He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit, - and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.
Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said - that they should turn from iniquity.
He would deliver the humbled in his humiliation, and would uncover - in oppression - their ear.
He would deliver the humbled in his humiliation, and would uncover - in oppression - their ear.
Then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: -
Canst thou bind the fetters of the Pleiades? Or, the bands of Orion, canst thou unloose?
The wing of the Ostrich that waveth itself joyfully, Is it the pinion of lovingkindness or the plumage? For she leaveth - to the earth - her eggs, and, on the dust, she letteth them be warmed; read more. And hath forgotten, that, a foot, may crush them, - or, the wild beast, tread on them! Dealing hardly with her young, as none-of hers, In vain, her labour, without dread. For GOD hath suffered her to forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding. What time, on high, she vibrateth her wings, she laugheth at the horse and his rider.
By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee.
And it came to pass, after Yahweh had spoken these words unto Job, that Yahweh, said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, Kindled is mine anger against thee and against thy two friends, for ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.
And it came to pass, after Yahweh had spoken these words unto Job, that Yahweh, said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, Kindled is mine anger against thee and against thy two friends, for ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job. Now, therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and ye shall offer up an ascending-sacrifice in your own behalf, and, Job my servant, shall pray over you, - for, him, will I accept, that I may not deal out to you disgrace, because ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.
Now, therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and ye shall offer up an ascending-sacrifice in your own behalf, and, Job my servant, shall pray over you, - for, him, will I accept, that I may not deal out to you disgrace, because ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job. So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according to that which Yahweh had spoken unto them, - and Yahweh accepted Job. read more. And, Yahweh himself, turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed in behalf of his friends, - and Yahweh increased all that Job had possessed, unto twice as much. Then came unto him all his brethren and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they did eat bread with him in his house, - and shewed sympathy with him and comforted him, over all the calamity which Yahweh had brought upon him, - and they gave him, every one a weight of money, and every one, a ring of gold. And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning, - and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning, - and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. And he came to have seven sons, and three daughters;
And he came to have seven sons, and three daughters;
And he came to have seven sons, and three daughters; and he called the name of the first Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia, - and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. read more. And there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job, in all the land, - and their father gave them an inheritance, in the midst of their brethren. And Job lived, after this, a hundred and forty years, - and saw his sons and his sons' sons, four generations. So Job died, old and satisfied with days.
What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?
Accursed, be the day on which I was born, - The day when my mother bare me, let it not be blessed! Accursed, be the man who carried tidings to my father saying, There is born to thee a man-child! read more. Making him very glad: Yea let that man be - as the cities which Yahweh overthrew and repented not, - And let him hear An outcry in the morning, and A war-shout at broad noon! Because I was not slain from the womb, - Nor did my mother become my grave, Nor was her womb great for ever! Wherefore was it - That from the womb, I came forth, to see labour and pain; and That in shame should my days be consumed!
Son of man, When a land, shall sin against me by committing treachery, and I shall stretch out my hand against it, And break for it the staff of bread, And send thereon famine, And cut off therefrom man and beast, Then should these three men be in the midst thereof, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their righteousness should deliver their own lives - Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. read more. If a mischievous wild beast, I suffer to pass through the land, and that beast bereave it, so that it become too desolate for any man to pass through, by reason of the wild beast, Were these three men in the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely neither sons nor daughters, should they deliver, They alone should be delivered, But the land, should become a desolation. Or, a sword, I should bring upon that land, and should say. O sword! thou shalt go through the land, and so I should cut off therefrom, man and beast, Were these three men in the midst thereof, As I live! Saith My Lord Yahweh, They should deliver neither sons nor daughters, - For they alone, should be delivered. Or pestilence, I, should send into that land, - and should pour out mine indignation thereon in blood, to cut off therefrom man and beast Were Noah, Daniel and Job n the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely neither son nor daughter, should they deliver, They, by their righteousness should deliver only their own lives.
But, in Mount Zion, shall be a delivered remnant which shall be holy, - and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions;
Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; - Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen, - that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,
Morish
1. The 'perfect and upright man' whose history is given in the book of Job.
2. Son of Issachar. Ge 46:13. See JASHUB.
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(persecuted), the third son of Issachar,
called in another genealogy JASHUB.
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JOB, a patriarch celebrated for his patience, and the constancy of his piety and virtue. That Job was a real, and not a fictitious, character, may be inferred from the manner in which he is mentioned in the Scriptures. Thus, the Prophet Ezekiel speaks of him: "Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God," Eze 14:14. Now since Noah and Daniel were unquestionably real characters, we must conclude the same of Job. "Behold," says the Apostle James, "we count them happy which endure: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy," Jas 5:11. It is scarcely to be believed that a divinely inspired Apostle would refer to an imaginary character as an example of patience, or in proof of the mercy of God. But, beside the authority of the inspired writers, we have the strongest internal evidence, from the book itself, that Job was a real person; for it expressly specifies the names of persons, places, facts, and other circumstances usually related in true histories. Thus, we have the name, country, piety, wealth, &c, of Job described, Job i; the names, number, and acts of his children are mentioned; the conduct of his wife is recorded as a fact, Job ii; his friends, their names, countries, and discourses with him in his afflictions are minutely delineated, Job 2:11, &c. Farther: no reasonable doubt can be entertained respecting the real existence of Job, when we consider that it is proved by the concurrent testimony of all eastern tradition: he is mentioned by the author of the book of Tobit, who lived during the Assyrian captivity; he is also repeatedly mentioned by Arabian writers as a real character. The whole of his history, with many fabulous additions, was known among the Syrians and Chaldeans; and many of the noblest families among the Arabs are distinguished by his name, and boast of being descended from him.
Since, then, says Horne, the book of Job contains the history of a real character, the next point is the age in which he lived, a question concerning which there is as great a diversity of opinion, as upon any other subject connected with this venerable monument of sacred antiquity. One thing, however, is generally admitted with respect to the age of the book of Job, namely, its remote antiquity. Even those who contend for the later production of the book of Job are compelled to acquiesce in this particular. Grotius thinks the events of the history are such as cannot be placed later than the sojourning of the Israelites in the wilderness. Bishop Warburton, in like manner, admits them to bear the marks of high antiquity; and Michaelis confesses the manners to be perfectly Abrahamic, that is, such as were common to all the seed of Abraham, Israelites, Ishmaelites, and Idumeans. The following are the principal circumstances from which the age of Job may be collected and ascertained:
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And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh, - and took of all the clean beasts and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending Sacrifices to go up on the altar.
flow Melchizedek king of Salem, had brought forth bread and wine, - he, being priest of GOD Most High.
and she bare to him Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midian, - and Ishbak, and Shuah. And, Yokshan, begat Sheba and Dedan, - and, the sons of Dedan, were Asshurim and Letushim, and Leummim.
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah, and gave him Asenath daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, to wife, - and Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.
Then took Jethro father-in-law of Moses, an ascending-offering and sacrifices to God, - and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came in to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the sons of Judah, towards the boundary of Edom in the south, were, - Kabzeel and Eder, and Jagur,
and Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah, and Makkedah, - sixteen cities, with their villages.
A man, there was - in the land of Uz, Job, his name, - and that man was blameless and upright, and one who revered God, and avoided evil.
Now his sons were wont to go, and make a banquet, at the house of each one upon his day, - and to send and call their three sisters, to eat and to drink with them. And so it was, when the days of the banquet came round, that Job sent and hallowed them, and rising early in the morning offered ascending-sacrifices according to the number of them all; for Job said, Peradventure my sons have sinned, and have cursed God in their hearts. Thus and thus, was Job wont to do all the days.
Now when the three friends of Job heard of all this misfortune which had befallen him, - they came, every man from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, - for they had by appointment met together to come to shew sympathy with him, and to comfort him.
For inquire, I pray thee, of a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers; - For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth;
Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!
Oh, then, that my words, could be written, Oh that, in a record, they could be inscribed: That, with a stylus of iron and with lead, for all time - in the rock, they could be graven!
If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along; And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth, read more. That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.
Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more. I will respond, even I - on my part, I will shew my knowledge, even I!
And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning, - and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
And Job lived, after this, a hundred and forty years, - and saw his sons and his sons' sons, four generations.
And Job lived, after this, a hundred and forty years, - and saw his sons and his sons' sons, four generations.
Of Edom - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Hath counsel perished from the discerning? Is their wisdom corrupt? Flee ye turn go down deep to dwell, O inhabitant of Dedan, - For the doom of Esau, have I brought in upon him The time of his visitation.
Wherefore, hear ye The counsel of Yahweh which he hath counseled against Edom, And his devices which he hath devised against the inhabitants of Teman, - Surely the little ones of the flock shall drag them away, Surely he will cause their fold to be astounded over them.
Then should these three men be in the midst thereof, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their righteousness should deliver their own lives - Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Therefore Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, I will therefore stretch forth my hand over Edom, and will cut off therefrom man and beast, And will deliver it up as a desolation, from Teman, And they of Dedan, by the sword, shall fall,
Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Edom, and because of four, will I not turn it back, - Because he pursued, with the sword, his brother, and stifled his compassions, and his anger tare in pieces evermore, and, his indignation, kept watch perpetually, Therefore will I send a fire into Teman, - which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Shall it not be, in that day, Demandeth Yahweh, - That I will destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau? So shall thy mighty men, O Teman, be dismayed, - to the intent that every man, may be cut off, out of Mount Esau, by slaughter.
Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; - Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen, - that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,