'Thing' in the Bible

“For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me,And that of which I am afraid has come upon me.

“Now a word was secretly brought to me,And my ear received a whisper of it.

“Oh that my request would come to pass,And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

In whose hand is the life of every living thing,And the breath of all mankind?

While I waste away like a rotten thing,Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?No one!

“Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you,[Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?

“You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you;And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways.

“He cuts out channels and passages among the rocks;And his eye sees every precious thing.

“Man dams up the streams from flowing [so that they do not trickle into the mine],And what is hidden he brings out to the light.

“They (Job’s friends) are dismayed and embarrassed, they no longer answer;The words have moved away and failed them,” [says Elihu].

“He explores the mountains as his pastureAnd searches after every green thing.

“Lay your hand on him;Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!

It came about that after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him [and his prayer] so that I may not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has.”