Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Man » Insignificance of
When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established, What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?
Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!
What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?
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:
Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself! Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways? Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment? read more.
Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, are not thine iniquities?
Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, are not thine iniquities?
How then shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman? Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes! How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?
This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said - My righteousness is more than GOD'S. For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin? I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee. read more.
Look at the heavens and see, - and survey the skies - they are higher than thou. If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him? If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept? Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness reach , and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.
Look at the heavens and see, - and survey the skies - they are higher than thou. If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him? If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept? Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness reach , and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.
Since thy days began hast thou commanded the morning? or caused the dawn to know its place; That it might lay hold of the wings of the earth, and the lawless be shaken out of it?
O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him, - the son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him: The earthborn, resembleth, a vapour, his days, are like a passing shadow.
Moon » Darkening of
Then shall blush the silvery moon, Then turn pale the glowing sun, - Because Yahweh of hosts hath become king In Mount Zion And in Jerusalem, And before his Elders in glory,
The sun, shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, - before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh.
And when I quench thee, I will cover the heavens, And obscure their stars, - The sun - with a cloud, will I cover, And the moon shall not shed her light;
And I saw, when he opened the sixth seal, that a, great earthquake, took place; and, the sun, became black as sackcloth of hair, and, the full moon, became as blood,
But, straightway after the tribulation of those days, the sun, will be darkened, and, the moon, will not give her brightness, and, the stars, will fall from heaven, - and, the powers of the heavens, will be shaken;
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations, shall not flash forth their light, - Obscured shall be the sun in his going forth, And the moon, shall not shed her light.
Before him, hath quaked the earth, have trembled the heavens, - the sun and the moon, have become dark, and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining;
The sun and the moon, have become dark, - and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining,
But, in those days, after that tribulation, the sun, shall be darkened, and, the moon, will not give her brightness,
The sun, shall be turned into darkness and, the moon, into blood, - before the coming of the day of the Lord, the great and manifest day ;
And, the fourth messenger, sounded; and the third of the sun was smitten, and the third of the moon, and the third of the stars, - in order that the third of them might be darkened, and the day might not shine for the third of it, and the night, in like manner.
And there will he signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and, on the earth, anguish of nations in embarrassment - sea and surge resounding, -
Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!
Stars » Impure in the sight of God
Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!