Eliphaz's Accusation and Counsel

Job 4:1-5:27

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Genesis

The Creation of the World 1:1-2:3 The Creation of Man and Woman 2:4-25 The Fall of Man 3:1-24 Cain and Abel 4:1-26 From Adam to Noah 5:1-32 The Flood 6:1-8:22 God’s Covenant with Noah 9:1-17 Noah’s Drunkenness and Curse 9:18-29 Nations Descended from Noah 10:1-32 The Tower of Babel 11:1-9 From Shem to Abram 11:10-32 The Call of Abram 12:1-9 Abram in Egypt 12:10-20 Abram and Lot Separate 13:1-18 Abram Rescues Lot 14:1-24 God’s Covenant with Abram 15:1-21 Hagar and Ishmael 16:1-16 The Covenant of Circumcision 17:1-27 A Son Promised to Sarah 18:1-15 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom 18:16-33 The Destruction of Sodom 19:1-29 The Origin of Moab and Ammon 19:30-38 Abraham and Abimelech 20:1-18 The Birth of Isaac 21:1-7 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 21:8-21 A Treaty with Abimelech 21:22-34 The Sacrifice of Isaac 22:1-19 Nahor’s Children 22:20-24 The Death and Burial of Sarah 23:1-20 A Wife for Isaac 24:1-67 The Death of Abraham 25:1-11 Ishmael’s Descendants 25:12-18 Esau and Jacob 25:19-34 Isaac and Abimelech 26:1-35 Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing 27:1-40 Jacob Sent to Paddan-aram 27:41-28:9 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel 28:10-22 Jacob Meets Rachel 29:1-14 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29:15-30 The Children of Jacob 29:31-30:24 Jacob’s Prosperity 30:25-43 Jacob Flees from Laban 31:1-21 Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant 31:22-55 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 32:1-21 Jacob Wrestles with God 32:22-32 Jacob Meets Esau 33:1-20 Dinah and the Shechemites 34:1-31 God Blesses Jacob at Bethel 35:1-15 Deaths of Rachel and Isaac 35:16-29 Esau’s Descendants 36:1-30 The Kings of Edom 36:31-43 Joseph’s Dreams 37:1-11 Joseph Sold by His Brothers 37:12-36 Judah and Tamar 38:1-30 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39:1-23 Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison 40:1-23 Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1-40 Joseph Rises to Power 41:41-57 Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 42:1-38 Joseph’s Brothers Return with Benjamin 43:1-34 The Silver Cup 44:1-34 Joseph Reveals Himself 45:1-28 Jacob Goes to Egypt 46:1-47:12 Joseph and the Famine 47:13-31 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48:1-22 Jacob Blesses His Sons 49:1-28 The Death and Burial of Jacob 49:29-50:14 Joseph Reassures His Brothers 50:15-21 The Death of Joseph 50:22-26

Exodus

Israel Increases in Egypt 1:1-22 The Birth of Moses 2:1-10 Moses Flees to Midian 2:11-25 The Burning Bush 3:1-22 Signs for Moses 4:1-17 Moses Returns to Egypt 4:18-31 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 5:1-21 God Promises Deliverance 5:22-6:12 The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron 6:13-27 Moses and Aaron Sent to Pharaoh 6:28-7:7 Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent 7:8-13 The First Plague: Water to Blood 7:14-24 The Second Plague: Frogs 7:25-8:15 The Third Plague: Gnats 8:16-19 The Fourth Plague: Flies 8:20-32 The Fifth Plague: Livestock Die 9:1-7 The Sixth Plague: Boils 9:8-12 The Seventh Plague: Hail 9:13-35 The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10:1-20 The Ninth Plague: Darkness 10:21-29 A Final Plague Threatened 11:1-10 The Passover 12:1-30 The Exodus 12:31-42 Passover Regulations 12:43-51 Consecration of the Firstborn 13:1-16 Crossing the Red Sea 13:17-14:31 The Song of Moses 15:1-21 Bitter Water Made Sweet 15:22-27 Manna from Heaven 16:1-36 Water from the Rock 17:1-7 Amalek Defeated 17:8-16 Jethro’s Advice 18:1-27 Israel at Mount Sinai 19:1-25 The Ten Commandments 20:1-21 Laws About Altars 20:22-21:1 Laws About Slaves 21:2-11 Laws About Personal Injuries 21:12-36 Laws About Restitution 22:1-15 Laws About Holiness 22:16-31 Laws About Justice 23:1-9 Sabbath Years and Weeks 23:10-13 The Three Feasts 23:14-19 The Angel and the Promises 23:20-33 The Covenant Confirmed 24:1-18 Contributions for the Sanctuary 25:1-9 The Ark of the Testimony 25:10-22 The Table for Bread 25:23-30 The Golden Lampstand 25:31-40 The Tabernacle 26:1-37 The Bronze Altar 27:1-8 The Court of the Tabernacle 27:9-19 Oil for the Lamp 27:20-21 The Priests’ Garments 28:1-5 The Ephod 28:6-14 The Breastpiece of Judgment 28:15-30 Other Priestly Garments 28:31-43 Consecration of the Priests 29:1-46 The Altar of Incense 30:1-10 The Census Tax 30:11-16 The Bronze Basin 30:17-21 The Anointing Oil 30:22-33 The Incense 30:34-38 Oholiab and Bezalel 31:1-11 The Sabbath Sign 31:12-18 The Golden Calf 32:1-33:6 The Tent of Meeting 33:7-11 Moses’ Intercession and God’s Glory 33:12-23 New Tablets and Covenant 34:1-28 The Shining Face of Moses 34:29-35 Sabbath Regulations 35:1-3 Freewill Offerings for the Tabernacle 35:4-29 Bezalel and Oholiab Set Apart 35:30-36:7 Making the Tabernacle 36:8-38 Making the Ark 37:1-9 Making the Table 37:10-16 Making the Lampstand 37:17-24 Making the Altar of Incense 37:25-29 Making the Bronze Altar 38:1-7 Making the Bronze Basin 38:8 Making the Court 38:9-20 Materials of the Tabernacle 38:21-31 Making the Priests’ Garments 39:1 The Ephod Made 39:2-7 The Breastpiece Made 39:8-21 Other Garments Made 39:22-31 The Work Completed 39:32-43 The Tabernacle Erected 40:1-33 The Glory Fills the Tabernacle 40:34-38

Numbers

The Census of Israel 1:1-54 Arrangement of the Camp 2:1-34 The Levites’ Duties 3:1-51 Kohathites’ Service 4:1-20 Gershonites’ Service 4:21-28 Merarites’ Service 4:29-33 Census of the Levites 4:34-49 Unclean Removed from Camp 5:1-4 Restitution for Wrongs 5:5-10 The Test for Adultery 5:11-31 The Nazirite Vow 6:1-21 The Priestly Blessing 6:22-27 Offerings of the Leaders 7:1-89 The Lamps 8:1-4 The Levites Consecrated 8:5-26 The Passover Celebrated 9:1-14 The Cloud Over the Tabernacle 9:15-23 The Silver Trumpets 10:1-10 Departure from Sinai 10:11-36 Complaint and Quail; Seventy Elders 11:1-35 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12:1-16 Spies Sent into Canaan 13:1-25 Report of the Spies 13:26-33 The People Rebel 14:1-45 Offerings and Firstfruits 15:1-21 Unintentional Sin and Presumptuous Sin 15:22-31 The Sabbath-Breaker 15:32-36 Tassels on Garments 15:37-41 Korah’s Rebellion 16:1-50 Aaron’s Staff Buds 17:1-13 Priests’ and Levites’ Duties 18:1-7 Portions for Priests and Levites 18:8-32 The Red Heifer 19:1-22 Water from the Rock at Meribah 20:1-13 Edom Refuses Passage 20:14-21 Aaron’s Death 20:22-29 Arad Defeated 21:1-3 The Bronze Serpent 21:4-9 Journeys in the Wilderness 21:10-20 Victories over Sihon and Og 21:21-35 Balaam Summoned 22:1-20 Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel 22:21-41 Balaam’s First Oracle 23:1-12 Balaam’s Second Oracle 23:13-26 Balaam’s Third Oracle 23:27-24:14 The Star out of Jacob 24:15-19 Balaam’s Final Sayings 24:20-25 Baal of Peor and Phinehas 25:1-18 The Second Census 26:1-65 Daughters of Zelophehad 27:1-11 Joshua Appointed 27:12-23 Daily Offerings 28:1-8 Sabbath Offerings 28:9-10 Monthly Offerings 28:11-15 Passover Offerings 28:16-25 Weeks (Firstfruits) Offerings 28:26-31 Trumpets Offerings 29:1-6 Day of Atonement Offerings 29:7-11 Booths Offerings 29:12-40 Vows 30:1-16 War with Midian—Spoils 31:1-24 Division of the Spoils 31:25-54 Reuben, Gad, and Half-Manasseh 32:1-42 Stages of Israel’s Journey 33:1-56 Boundaries of the Land 34:1-29 Levitical Cities 35:1-5 Cities of Refuge 35:6-34 Marriage of Zelophehad’s Daughters 36:1-13

Deuteronomy

Preamble and Setting 1:1-8 Leaders Appointed 1:9-18 Spies Sent 1:19-25 Rebellion and Judgment 1:26-46 Journey Through Edom, Moab, Ammon 2:1-23 Victory over Sihon 2:24-37 Victory over Og 3:1-11 Allotment East of Jordan 3:12-20 Moses Forbidden to Enter 3:21-29 Call to Obey 4:1-14 No Idols 4:15-31 The LORD Alone Is God 4:32-40 Cities of Refuge East 4:41-43 Introduction to the Law 4:44-49 The Ten Commandments Rehearsed 5:1-33 The Shema and Instruction 6:1-25 Warning Against the Nations 7:1-26 Do Not Forget the LORD 8:1-20 Not for Your Righteousness 9:1-6 Israel’s Rebellions Recounted 9:7-29 New Tablets; Ark 10:1-11 Fear the LORD 10:12-22 Love, Obey, Choose 11:1-32 The Place of Worship 12:1-32 False Prophets and Idolatry 13:1-18 Clean and Unclean Foods 14:1-21 Tithes 14:22-29 Sabbatical Year 15:1-11 Hebrew Slaves 15:12-18 Firstborn Animals 15:19-23 Passover 16:1-8 Weeks 16:9-12 Booths 16:13-17 Justice 16:18-20 Forbidden Worship 16:21-17:7 Difficult Cases 17:8-13 Laws for the King 17:14-20 Provision for Levites 18:1-8 Abominable Practices 18:9-13 A Prophet Like Moses 18:14-22 Cities of Refuge 19:1-14 Witnesses and Penalties 19:15-21 Rules for War 20:1-20 Unsolved Murder 21:1-9 Wives from War 21:10-14 Rights of the Firstborn 21:15-17 Rebellious Son 21:18-21 Various Laws 21:22-22:12 Laws of Chastity 22:13-30 Assembly Exclusions 23:1-8 Camp Purity 23:9-14 Various Laws Continued 23:15-25:19 Firstfruits and Tithes Confession 26:1-15 You Are the LORD’s People 26:16-19 Law on Stones and Altar 27:1-8 Curses Pronounced 27:9-26 Blessings for Obedience 28:1-14 Curses for Disobedience 28:15-68 Renewal in Moab 29:1-29 Choose Life 30:1-20 Joshua Commissioned 31:1-8 Public Reading of the Law 31:9-13 Moses’ Warning of Apostasy 31:14-29 The Song of Moses 31:30-32:47 Moses to Die on Nebo 32:48-52 Moses Blesses Israel 33:1-29 The Death of Moses 34:1-12

Joshua

Joshua Commissioned and Encouraged 1:1-18 Rahab Protects the Spies 2:1-24 Crossing the Jordan and Memorial Stones 3:1-4:24 Renewal at Gilgal: Circumcision and Passover 5:1-12 The Commander Appears and the Fall of Jericho 5:13-6:27 Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin Revealed 7:1-26 The Capture and Destruction of Ai 8:1-29 Altar on Mount Ebal and the Law Proclaimed 8:30-35 The Gibeonite Deception and Treaty 9:1-27 Victory at Gibeon and the Long Day 10:1-15 Capture and Execution of the Five Kings 10:16-28 The Southern Campaign and Conquest of Cities 10:29-43 Defeat of the Northern Coalition and Hazor Destroyed 11:1-23 Lists of Kings Defeated East and West of the Jordan 12:1-24 Land Remaining to Be Possessed 13:1-7 Allotments East of the Jordan 13:8-33 Procedure for Distributing the Land and Levitical Cities 14:1-5 Caleb's Claim and Inheritance of Hebron 14:6-15 Boundaries and Towns of Judah 15:1-63 Ephraim and West Manasseh: Boundaries and Claims 16:1-17:18 Shiloh Established and the Land Surveyed 18:1-10 Territory and Towns of Benjamin 18:11-28 Territory of Simeon 19:1-9 Territory of Zebulun 19:10-16 Territory of Issachar 19:17-23 Territory of Asher 19:24-31 Territory of Naphtali 19:32-39 Territory of Dan 19:40-48 Completion of the Allotments and Joshua's Inheritance 19:49-51 Cities of Refuge Established 20:1-9 Levitical Cities and Their Holdings 21:1-45 The Eastern Tribes' Altar and the Reconciliation 22:1-34 Joshua's Farewell Exhortation and Warning 23:1-16 Renewal of the Covenant at Shechem 24:1-27 Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar 24:28-33

1 Samuel

Hannah's Prayer for a Son 1:1-20 Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord 1:21-28 Hannah's Song of Praise 2:1-11 Eli's Corrupt Sons and Samuel's Childhood 2:12-26 Prophecy of Judgment on Eli's House 2:27-36 Samuel's Call and the Lord's Word to Eli 3:1-4:1 Israel Defeated and the Ark Captured 4:2-11 Eli's Death and the Birth of Ichabod 4:12-22 The Ark Brings Judgment in Philistine Cities 5:1-12 The Ark Returned to Israel 6:1-7:1 Samuel Judges Israel and Delivers Them at Mizpah 7:2-17 Israel Demands a King 8:1-22 Saul Chosen and Given Signs 9:1-10:8 Saul Proclaimed King by Lot 10:9-27 Saul's Victory at Jabesh-Gilead 11:1-11 Saul Confirmed as King at Gilgal 11:12-15 Samuel's Farewell and Exhortation to Israel 12:1-25 Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice and Rebuke 13:1-15 Philistine Pressure and Israel's Lack of Arms 13:16-22 Jonathan's Bold Assault and Victory 13:23-14:14 Saul's Rash Oath and Its Consequences 14:15-23 Saul's Pursuit and Jonathan's Exploits 14:24-48 Saul's Family and Mighty Men 14:49-52 Saul's Disobedience and Rejection as King 15:1-35 David Anointed by Samuel 16:1-13 David Serves Saul and Eases His Torment 16:14-23 David and Goliath 17:1-58 David's Rise and Saul's Jealousy 18:1-30 Saul's Attempts on David's Life and Jonathan's Intervention 19:1-24 David and Jonathan's Covenant 20:1-42 David at Nob: Bread and Goliath's Sword 21:1-9 David Feigns Madness at Gath 21:10-15 David Gathers Followers and Seeks Priestly Aid 22:1-5 Massacre at Nob and Abiathar Joins David 22:6-23 David Delivers Keilah and Inquires of God 23:1-6 Saul's Pursuit, Ziphite Betrayal, and David's Escape 23:7-29 David Spares Saul in a Cave 24:1-22 Nabal's Folly and Abigail's Intervention 25:1-44 David Again Spares Saul in His Camp 26:1-25 David Seeks Refuge with Achish 27:1-12 Saul and the Witch of Endor 28:1-25 The Philistines Reject David 29:1-11 David Recovers His Family and Defeats the Amalekites 30:1-31 The Death of Saul and His Sons 31:1-13

2 Samuel

An Amalekite Reports Saul and Jonathan's Death 1:1-16 David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan 1:17-27 David Anointed King of Judah at Hebron 2:1-7 Ish‑Bosheth Made King; Civil War with David Begins 2:8-3:5 Abner Seeks Alliance with David 3:6-21 Joab Murders Abner; David's Protest and Mourning 3:22-39 Ish‑Bosheth Assassinated 4:1-12 David Anointed King over All Israel 5:1-5 David Captures Jerusalem and Establishes His House 5:6-16 David's Victories over the Philistines 5:17-25 Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem; Uzzah's Death and David's Joy 6:1-23 God's Covenant with David 7:1-17 David's Prayer of Thanksgiving for God's Promise 7:18-29 David's Military Victories 8:1-14 David's Officials and Mighty Men 8:15-18 David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1-13 War with the Ammonites and Syrians 10:1-19 David and Bathsheba; the Death of Uriah 11:1-27 Nathan Rebukes David; Judgment and Aftermath 12:1-31 Amnon's Crime against Tamar 13:1-22 Absalom Kills Amnon and Flees 13:23-39 Joab Secures Absalom's Return and Reconciliation 14:1-33 Absalom's Conspiracy and Rise to Power 15:1-12 David Flees Jerusalem; Loyal Followers Accompany Him 15:13-37 Ziba Brings Provisions to David 16:1-4 Shimei Curses David as He Flees 16:5-14 Counsel in Absalom's Court; Ahithophel's Plan and Hushai's Counterplot 16:15-17:29 Battle in the Forest of Ephraim and Absalom's Death 18:1-18 Reports of Victory and David's Grief for Absalom 18:19-19:8 David's Return to Jerusalem; Reconciliation and Disputes 19:9-43 Sheba's Revolt and Its Suppression 20:1-26 Famine and the Gibeonites' Demand; Saul's Descendants Executed 21:1-14 David's Battles with the Philistines and the Valor of His Men 21:15-22 David's Song of Deliverance 22:1-51 David's Final Oracle 23:1-7 The Deeds of David's Mighty Warriors 23:8-39 David's Census and the Resulting Plague 24:1-17 David Purchases the Threshing Floor; Sacrifice and End of Plague 24:18-25

1 Kings

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Throne 1:1-27 Solomon Anointed King 1:28-53 David's Charge to Solomon and Death 2:1-12 Solomon Consolidates His Power 2:13-46 Solomon's Request for Wisdom 3:1-15 Solomon's Wise Judgment 3:16-28 Solomon's Officials and Administrative Order 4:1-19 The Wealth and Prosperity of Israel 4:20-28 Solomon's Wisdom and Fame 4:29-34 Alliances and Preparations for the Temple 5:1-18 Solomon Builds the Temple 6:1-38 Solomon's Palace and Structural Works 7:1-12 Temple Furnishings and the Work of Hiram 7:13-51 The Ark Brought into the Temple 8:1-21 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication 8:22-61 The Dedication Celebrated with Sacrifice 8:62-66 God's Promise and Warning to Solomon 9:1-9 Solomon's Building Projects and Trade 9:10-28 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 10:1-13 The Wealth and Splendor of Solomon's Reign 10:14-29 Solomon's Foreign Wives and Apostasy 11:1-13 Adversaries Raised Against Solomon 11:14-25 Jeroboam's Call and the Promise of Division 11:26-40 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 11:41-43 Rehoboam's Folly and the Kingdom Divides 12:1-24 Jeroboam Establishes Golden Calves 12:25-33 Prophetic Rebuke at Bethel and Deception 13:1-34 Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14:1-20 Rehoboam's Unfaithfulness and Shishak's Invasion 14:21-31 Abijam's Short Reign in Judah 15:1-8 Asa's Reforms and Early Reign 15:9-24 Nadab's Reign and Baasha's Conspiracy 15:25-32 Baasha's Reign and Jehu's Prophecy 15:33-16:7 Elah Assassinated and Zimri's Usurpation 16:8-14 Zimri's Suicide and Omri's Rise to Power 16:15-20 Omri Establishes Samaria as Capital 16:21-28 Ahab and Jezebel Introduce Baal Worship 16:29-34 Elijah Announces the Drought and Is Fed by Ravens 17:1-6 Elijah in Zarephath: Provision and Resurrection 17:7-24 Elijah Confronts Ahab and Prepares for Confrontation 18:1-15 Elijah on Mount Carmel and the Fall of Baal's Prophets 18:16-46 Elijah Flees to Horeb and Is Renewed 19:1-9 God's Response to Elijah and New Commissions 19:10-18 The Call of Elisha 19:19-21 Ben‑hadad Besieges Samaria; Israel's Defiant Response 20:1-12 Israel's Victories Over Aram and Ahab's Mercy 20:13-34 A Prophet Enacts Judgment on the King 20:35-43 Naboth's Vineyard: Ahab and Jezebel's Crime and Punishment 21:1-29 Ahab and Jehoshaphat Seek Counsel; Micaiah's True Prophecy 22:1-28 Ahab Dies at Ramoth‑Gilead 22:29-40 Jehoshaphat's Reign in Judah 22:41-50 Ahaziah Succeeds Ahab and Does Evil 22:51-53

2 Kings

Ahaziah Seeks Counsel and Elijah’s Judgment 1:1-18 Elijah Taken Up; Elisha Succeeds 2:1-18 Elisha Purifies Jericho’s Water 2:19-22 Mockers of Elisha Mauled by Bears 2:23-25 Alliance Against Moab and Elisha’s Miracle 3:1-27 The Widow’s Oil Multiplied 4:1-7 Elisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son 4:8-37 Poisoned Stew Made Safe 4:38-41 Elisha Feeds a Hundred Men 4:42-44 Naaman Healed of Leprosy and Gehazi’s Greed 5:1-27 The Floating Axe Head 6:1-7 Elisha Foils the Aramean Raid 6:8-23 Famine Besieges Samaria 6:24-7:2 Arameans Flee; Samaria’s Deliverance 7:3-20 The Shunammite Restored to Her Land 8:1-6 Elisha Foretells Hazael’s Rise 8:7-15 Jehoram’s Reign in Israel 8:16-24 Ahaziah of Judah Ascends the Throne 8:25-29 Anointing of Jehu as King 9:1-13 Jehu Slays Joram and the House of Ahab 9:14-29 The Death of Jezebel 9:30-37 Jehu Executes Ahab’s Kin at Jezreel 10:1-17 Jehu Destroys Baal Worship 10:18-36 Joash Crowned; Athaliah Overthrown 11:1-21 Joash Repairs the Temple 12:1-21 Jehoahaz of Israel and Aramean Oppression 13:1-9 Jehoash of Israel and Elisha’s Final Acts 13:10-25 Amaziah of Judah: Victory and Pride 14:1-22 Jeroboam II Restores Israel’s Borders 14:23-29 Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah 15:1-7 Zechariah’s Short Reign and Assassination 15:8-12 Shallum’s Brief Usurpation and Murder 15:13-16 Menahem’s Reign and Tribute to Assyria 15:17-22 Pekahiah Murdered; Pekah’s Conspiracy 15:23-26 Pekah Rules and Wars with Judah 15:27-31 Jotham King of Judah 15:32-38 Ahaz’s Reign and Submission to Assyria 16:1-20 Fall of Samaria and Israel’s Exile 17:1-6 Reasons for Israel’s Exile 17:7-23 Resettling Samaria and Syncretistic Worship 17:24-41 Hezekiah’s Reforms and Fortifications 18:1-16 Rabshakeh’s Taunts before Jerusalem 18:17-37 Hezekiah’s Plea and Isaiah’s Prophecy 19:1-13 Hezekiah’s Prayer of Surrender 19:14-19 The LORD Delivers Jerusalem from Sennacherib 19:20-37 Hezekiah’s Illness, Recovery, and the Sign 20:1-11 Hezekiah’s Pride and a Warning about Babylon 20:12-21 Manasseh’s Long, Wicked Reign 21:1-18 Amon’s Short Reign and Assassination 21:19-26 Josiah Finds the Book of the Law and Reforms 22:1-20 Josiah’s Covenant Renewal and Passover 23:1-30 Jehoahaz Deposed; Jehoiakim Installed by Egypt 23:31-35 Jehoiakim’s Reign and Babylonian Pressure 23:36-24:7 Jehoiachin’s Brief Reign and First Exile 24:8-17 Zedekiah Appointed as Babylon’s Vassal 24:18-19 Siege and Fall of Jerusalem; Destruction and Exile 24:20-25:26 Jehoiachin Released from Babylonian Prison 25:27-30

1 Chronicles

Genealogies from Adam to Abraham 1:1-27 The Descendants of Abraham 1:28-34 The Edomite Genealogies (Esau and Seir) 1:35-54 The Sons of Israel 2:1-2 The Genealogy and Families of Judah 2:3-55 David’s Descendants and the Royal Line 3:1-24 Judahite Families and Notable Descendants 4:1-23 The Families and Settlements of Simeon 4:24-43 Transjordanian Tribes and Their Chiefs 5:1-10 Wars and Settlements East of the Jordan 5:11-22 Loss of Territory and Exile East of the Jordan 5:23-26 The Levites: Genealogy and Temple Service 6:1-81 The Tribe of Issachar 7:1-5 A Register of Benjamin’s Households 7:6-12 A Brief Genealogical Note 7:13 The Tribe of Naphtali 7:14-19 The Tribe of Manasseh 7:20-29 The Tribe of Ephraim 7:30-40 The Genealogy of Benjamin (including Saul’s Line) 8:1-9:1 Resettlement of Jerusalem: Residents and Officials 9:2-34 Gatekeepers and Temple Servants in Jerusalem 9:35-44 The Death of Saul and the End of His House 10:1-14 David Anointed King over Israel 11:1-3 David Captures Jerusalem (Zion) 11:4-9 David’s Mighty Men and Warriors 11:10-47 Those Who Came to David at Hebron (Judah’s Support) 12:1-22 Israel’s Warriors Join David at Hebron 12:23-40 Bringing the Ark: Preparations and Uzzah’s Death 13:1-14 David’s Household and Philistine Submission 14:1-7 David’s Victories over the Philistines 14:8-17 Preparations for Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem 15:1-16:6 David Institutes Worship and a Song of Praise 16:7-43 God’s Covenant with David (Nathan’s Oracle) 17:1-15 David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Covenant 17:16-27 David’s Military Victories and Tribute 18:1-13 David’s Officials and the Spoils of War 18:14-17 War with the Ammonites and Their Allies 19:1-19 The Campaign against Rabbah (Ammon) 20:1-3 Defeat of the Philistines and Their Champions 20:4-8 David’s Census, Plague, and Purchase of the Temple Site 21:1-22:1 David’s Preparations and Instructions for Solomon 22:2-19 David Organizes the Levites 23:1-6 Levitical Families and Their Heads 23:7-11 Age Regulations and Duties of the Levites 23:12-20 Assignments of Levites: Singers, Gatekeepers, Treasurers 23:21-32 Divisions of the Priests into Twenty‑Four Courses 24:1-19 Priestly Families and Their Cities 24:20-31 The Levitical Musicians and Their Organization 25:1-31 Gatekeepers and Their Lineages 26:1-19 Officials Responsible for Treasuries and Records 26:20-32 Military Divisions and Their Commanders 27:1-15 David’s Civil Officials and Overseers 27:16-24 Heads of the King’s Household and Provisions 27:25-34 David’s Charge to Solomon and the Temple Plan 28:1-21 The Nation’s Offerings for the Temple 29:1-9 David’s Prayer of Praise and Blessing for Solomon 29:10-20 David’s Final Acts and Organization of the Kingdom 29:21-25 The Death of David and Solomon’s Accession 29:26-30

2 Chronicles

Solomon's Sacrifice at Gibeon and Prayer for Wisdom 1:1-17 Solomon Secures Materials and Craftsmen for the Temple 2:1-18 The Temple: Foundation and Structure 3:1-17 Temple Furnishings and Completion of the Work 4:1-5:1 The Ark Installed and Solomon's Dedication Prayer 5:2-6:11 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication and God's Assurance 6:12-42 The Lord Fills the Temple and the Dedication Festival 7:1-10 God Appears to Solomon and Gives a Conditional Promise 7:11-22 Solomon's Other Buildings and Relations with Hiram 8:1-18 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 9:1-12 Solomon's Wealth, Trade, and Administration 9:13-28 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 9:29-31 Rehoboam's Folly and the Division of the Kingdom 10:1-11:4 Rehoboam Fortifies Judah and Consolidates Support 11:5-17 Rehoboam's Descendants and Death 11:18-23 Shishak's Invasion and Judah's Loss 12:1-16 Abijah's Victory over Israel and His Death 13:1-14:1 Asa's Reforms and Victory over Ethiopia 14:2-15 Asa Strengthened by Prophecy and Covenant Renewal 15:1-19 Asa's Alliance with Aram and Reproof by Hanani 16:1-14 Jehoshaphat Strengthens Judah and Reforms Justice 17:1-19 Jehoshaphat's Alliance with Ahab and the Battle at Ramoth-gilead 18:1-27 Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat for the Alliance with Ahab 18:28-19:3 Judicial Reforms: Judges Appointed to Administer Justice 19:4-11 Jehoshaphat's Deliverance through Prayer and Praise 20:1-30 End of Jehoshaphat's Reign and Jehoram's Accession 20:31-21:3 Jehoram's Wicked Reign, Revolts, and Judgment 21:4-20 Ahaziah Succeeds His Father and Is Wounded 22:1-9 Athaliah's Usurpation Overthrown and Joash Crowned 22:10-23:21 Joash's Temple Restoration under Jehoiada 24:1-16 Joash's Apostasy, Punishment, and Assassination 24:17-27 Amaziah's Reign: Victory, Pride, and Defeat by Israel 25:1-28 Uzziah's Prosperity and Pride; Leprosy for Presumption 26:1-23 Jotham's Reign: Fortifications and Prosperity 27:1-9 Ahaz's Idolatry, Defeats, and Assyrian Subjugation 28:1-27 Hezekiah's Temple Restoration and Religious Reforms 29:1-36 Hezekiah's Passover and National Repentance 30:1-31:1 Hezekiah's Religious Administration and Temple Support 31:2-21 Hezekiah's Defense Against Sennacherib and Divine Deliverance 32:1-23 Hezekiah's Illness, Pride, and the Babylonian Envoys 32:24-33 Manasseh's Idolatry, Captivity, Repentance, and Restoration 33:1-20 Amon's Wicked Reign and Assassination 33:21-25 Josiah's Early Reforms and Temple Repair 34:1-13 The Book of the Law Found, Huldah's Prophecy, and Josiah's Covenant 34:14-33 Josiah's Observance of the Passover 35:1-19 Josiah Killed at Megiddo and National Mourning 35:20-36:1 Jehoahaz Reigns Briefly and Is Deposed by Pharaoh 36:2-4 Jehoiakim's Reign and Disobedience 36:5-8 Jehoiachin's Short Reign and Exile to Babylon 36:9-10 Zedekiah's Reign and Rejection of Prophetic Warnings 36:11-14 Judgment, Exile, and the Decree of Cyrus 36:15-23

Psalm

Psalms 1–2 1:1-2:12 Psalms 3–8 3:1-8 Psalms 4–8 4:1-8 Psalms 5–12 5:1-12 Psalms 6–10 6:1-10 Psalms 7–17 7:1-17 Psalms 8–9 8:1-9 Psalms 9–10 9:1-10:18 Psalms 11–7 11:1-7 Psalms 12–8 12:1-8 Psalms 13–6 13:1-6 Psalms 14–7 14:1-7 Psalms 15–5 15:1-5 Psalms 16–11 16:1-11 Psalms 17–15 17:1-15 Psalms 18–50 18:1-50 Psalms 19–14 19:1-14 Psalms 20–9 20:1-9 Psalms 21–13 21:1-13 Psalms 22–31 22:1-31 Psalms 23–6 23:1-6 Psalms 24–10 24:1-10 Psalms 25–22 25:1-22 Psalms 26–12 26:1-12 Psalms 27–14 27:1-14 Psalms 28–9 28:1-9 Psalms 29–11 29:1-11 Psalms 30–12 30:1-12 Psalms 31–24 31:1-24 Psalms 32–33 32:1-33:22 Psalms 34–22 34:1-22 Psalms 35–28 35:1-28 Psalms 36–12 36:1-12 Psalms 37–40 37:1-40 Psalms 38–22 38:1-22 Psalms 39–13 39:1-13 Psalms 40–17 40:1-17 Psalms 41–13 41:1-13 Psalms 42–43 42:1-43:5 Psalms 44–26 44:1-26 Psalms 45–17 45:1-17 Psalms 46–11 46:1-11 Psalms 47–9 47:1-9 Psalms 48–14 48:1-14 Psalms 49–20 49:1-20 Psalms 50–23 50:1-23 Psalms 51–19 51:1-19 Psalms 52–9 52:1-9 Psalms 53–6 53:1-6 Psalms 54–7 54:1-7 Psalms 55–23 55:1-23 Psalms 56–13 56:1-13 Psalms 57–11 57:1-11 Psalms 58–11 58:1-11 Psalms 59–17 59:1-17 Psalms 60–12 60:1-12 Psalms 61–8 61:1-8 Psalms 62–12 62:1-12 Psalms 63–11 63:1-11 Psalms 64–10 64:1-10 Psalms 65–13 65:1-13 Psalms 66–20 66:1-20 Psalms 67–7 67:1-7 Psalms 68–35 68:1-35 Psalms 69–36 69:1-36 Psalms 70–71 70:1-71:24 Psalms 72–20 72:1-20 Psalms 73–28 73:1-28 Psalms 74–23 74:1-23 Psalms 75–10 75:1-10 Psalms 76–12 76:1-12 Psalms 77–20 77:1-20 Psalms 78–72 78:1-72 Psalms 79–13 79:1-13 Psalms 80–19 80:1-19 Psalms 81–16 81:1-16 Psalms 82–8 82:1-8 Psalms 83–18 83:1-18 Psalms 84–12 84:1-12 Psalms 85–13 85:1-13 Psalms 86–17 86:1-17 Psalms 87–7 87:1-7 Psalms 88–18 88:1-18 Psalms 89–52 89:1-52 Psalms 90–91 90:1-91:16 Psalms 92–97 92:1-97:12 Psalms 98–99 98:1-99:9 Psalms 100–5 100:1-5 Psalms 101–8 101:1-8 Psalms 102–28 102:1-28 Psalms 103–106 103:1-106:48 Psalms 107–43 107:1-43 Psalms 108–13 108:1-13 Psalms 109–31 109:1-31 Psalms 110–118 110:1-118:29 Psalms 119–8 119:1-8 Psalms 119–16 119:9-16 Psalms 119–24 119:17-24 Psalms 119–32 119:25-32 Psalms 119–40 119:33-40 Psalms 119–48 119:41-48 Psalms 119–56 119:49-56 Psalms 119–64 119:57-64 Psalms 119–72 119:65-72 Psalms 119–80 119:73-80 Psalms 119–88 119:81-88 Psalms 119–176 119:89-176 Psalms 119–104 119:96-104 Psalms 119–112 119:105-112 Psalms 119–120 119:113-120 Psalms 119–128 119:121-128 Psalms 119–136 119:129-136 Psalms 119–144 119:137-144 Psalms 119–152 119:145-152 Psalms 119–160 119:153-160 Psalms 119–168 119:161-168 Psalms 119–176 119:169-176 Psalms 120–7 120:1-7 Psalms 121–8 121:1-8 Psalms 122–9 122:1-9 Psalms 123–4 123:1-4 Psalms 124–8 124:1-8 Psalms 125–5 125:1-5 Psalms 126–6 126:1-6 Psalms 127–5 127:1-5 Psalms 128–6 128:1-6 Psalms 129–8 129:1-8 Psalms 130–8 130:1-8 Psalms 131–3 131:1-3 Psalms 132–18 132:1-18 Psalms 133–3 133:1-3 Psalms 134–137 134:1-137:9 Psalms 138–8 138:1-8 Psalms 139–24 139:1-24 Psalms 140–13 140:1-13 Psalms 141–10 141:1-10 Psalms 142–7 142:1-7 Psalms 143–12 143:1-12 Psalms 144–15 144:1-15 Psalms 145–150 145:1-150:6

Proverbs

Introduction: The Purpose of Proverbs and the Fear of the Lord 1:1-7 Warning Against Enticement by Sinners 1:8-19 Wisdom's Public Call and the Folly of Rejection 1:20-33 The Value of Wisdom and Its Protection 2:1-22 Trusting God and Walking in Wisdom 3:1-35 A Father's Exhortation to Hold Fast to Wisdom 4:1-27 Warning Against Adultery and a Call to Fidelity 5:1-23 Warnings: Surety, Laziness, and Wickedness 6:1-19 Obey Parental Commands and the Dangers of Adultery 6:20-35 The Example of a Young Man Seduced 7:1-27 Wisdom's Proclamation and Blessings 8:1-36 Contrasting Invitations of Wisdom and Folly 9:1-18 Solomon's Proverbs: Contrasts of Righteousness and Folly 10:1-32 Proverbs on Justice, Integrity, and Righteous Living 11:1-31 Wise Conduct, Diligence, and Righteous Speech 12:1-28 Discipline, Wealth, and the Wise Child 13:1-25 Sayings on Wisdom, Folly, and the Fear of the Lord 14:1-35 The Power of Speech and the Benefits of Wisdom 15:1-33 God's Sovereignty Over Human Plans 16:1-33 Relations and Righteousness: Peace, Speech, and Integrity 17:1-28 The Power of Words and the Nature of Companionship 18:1-24 Advice on Wealth, Conduct, and Discipline 19:1-29 Counsel, Justice, and Warnings Against Excess 20:1-30 Divine Sovereignty, Justice, and the King's Role 21:1-31 Reputation, Generosity, and Child Discipline 22:1-16 Sayings of the Wise: Practical Moral Instruction 22:17-24:34 Solomon's Proverbs on Restraint and Leadership 25:1-28 Folly and Foolish Behavior in Speech and Deeds 26:1-28 Friendship, Counsel, and Practical Wisdom for Life 27:1-27 Justice, Righteousness, and the Results of Rebellion 28:1-28 Discipline, Leadership, and Social Order 29:1-27 The Sayings of Agur: Humility and Observations 30:1-33 Advice to King Lemuel and the Virtuous Woman 31:1-31

Isaiah

Judah's Rebellion and Call to Repentance 1:1-31 The Mountain of the Lord and the Nations' Hope 2:1-6 Judgment on Arrogance and Idolatry 2:7-22 Judgment on Jerusalem's Leaders and Social Order 3:1-4:1 The Branch and the Renewal of Zion 4:2-6 The Song of the Vineyard: Israel's Failure 5:1-7 Woes to Israel and Coming Judgment 5:8-30 Isaiah's Vision and Commission 6:1-13 Ahaz, the Immanuel Sign, and Invasion 7:1-25 The Sign of Plunder and a Call to Courage 8:1-10 Trust the Lord, Not Alliances or Diviners 8:11-22 A Child Is Born: Promise of Peace 9:1-7 Israel's Arrogance and Coming Punishment 9:8-10:4 Assyria: Instrument of Judgment and Its Doom 10:5-19 The Remnant and the Fall of Assyria 10:20-34 The Righteous Branch and the Peaceable Kingdom 11:1-16 A Song of Praise for God's Salvation 12:1-6 Babylon's Doom and the Day of the Lord 13:1-14:23 God's Decree: Assyria Overthrown 14:24-27 Oracle Concerning Philistia and Promise to Zion 14:28-32 Lament for Moab 15:1-16:14 Judgment on Damascus and Northern Israel 17:1-14 A Message to Cush (Ethiopia) 18:1-7 Judgment on Egypt and Future Salvation 19:1-25 Isaiah's Sign against Egypt and Cush 20:1-6 Prophecy of Babylon's Fall (The Watchman's Report) 21:1-10 Oracle concerning Dumah: The Night Watchman's Lament 21:11-12 Oracle Against Arabia (Dedan and Kedar) 21:13-17 The Valley of Vision: Jerusalem's Fall and Leadership Change 22:1-25 Tyre's Fall and Future Restoration 23:1-18 The Lord's Universal Judgment and Final Reign 24:1-23 Praise for God's Triumph and Deliverance 25:1-12 Trust in God and Hope for Deliverance 26:1-21 The Slaying of Leviathan and Israel's Restoration 27:1-13 Woe to Ephraim and Judah: Drunkenness and Judgment 28:1-29 Woe to Ariel (Jerusalem) and Promise of Enlightenment 29:1-24 Rebuke for Seeking Egypt's Help; Call to Trust the Lord 30:1-33 Egypt Is No Help; The Lord Will Save Jerusalem 31:1-9 A Righteous King and Just Leadership 32:1-8 Call to Repentance and Promise of Renewal 32:9-20 A Plea for Deliverance and the Lord's Judgment 33:1-24 The Lord's Vengeance on the Nations (Edom) 34:1-17 The Glorious Restoration of the Redeemed 35:1-10 Sennacherib's Siege and Rabshakeh's Taunt 36:1-22 Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah; Rabshakeh's Threat 37:1-13 Hezekiah's Prayer and Isaiah's Assurance 37:14-20 God Delivers Jerusalem and Sennacherib's Defeat 37:21-38 Hezekiah's Illness, Prayer, and Recovery 38:1-22 Babylonian Envoys and the Announcement of Exile 39:1-8 Comfort for Zion and the Majesty of God 40:1-31 God Defends Israel Against the Nations and Idols 41:1-29 The Servant of the Lord: Covenant and Mission 42:1-9 A Call to Praise and God's Guidance for the Blind 42:10-17 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Resulting Judgment 42:18-25 Israel Redeemed: God's Sovereign Deliverer 43:1-13 The Lord Proclaims Redemption and Rebukes Israel 43:14-28 Israel Chosen and Blessed by the Spirit 44:1-5 The Folly of Idols and God's Uniqueness 44:6-23 God the Creator and the Call of Cyrus for Israel's Restoration 44:24-45:25 The God Who Carries and Redeems: Yahweh's Sovereignty over Idols 46:1-13 The Humbling of Babylon the Mistress 47:1-15 Israel's Stubbornness and God's Resolute Purpose 48:1-11 God's Sovereign 'I Am' and Call to Return 48:12-22 The Servant's Commission to Restore Israel and the Nations 49:1-8 Restoration and Promise to Gather Israel 49:9-26 The Servant's Suffering and Israel's Rejection 50:1-11 Comfort for Zion: Remember Abraham; God's Salvation 51:1-16 Awakening of Zion and Proclamation of Salvation 51:17-52:12 The Suffering Servant and Atonement 52:13-53:12 The Exalted Zion: Promise of Restoration and Protection 54:1-17 Invitation to Life and the Power of God's Word 55:1-13 Justice, Inclusion, and Sabbath Observance 56:1-8 Condemnation of Idolatry and Complacency 56:9-57:13 Restoration for the Humble and Promise of Peace 57:14-21 True Fasting: Justice, Mercy, and Sabbath Blessing 58:1-14 Sin's Consequences and God's Redeeming Intervention 59:1-21 The Glory and Gathering of Zion 60:1-22 The Year of the Lord's Favor and Joyful Restoration 61:1-11 Zion's Vindication and New Name 62:1-12 The Lord's Vengeance: Treading the Winepress 63:1-6 Remembering God's Mercy and Plea for Restoration 63:7-64:12 God's Grace to the Faithful and Judgment on the Rebellious 65:1-16 A New Creation: Joy and Peace 65:17-25 The Lord's Final Judgment and the New Creation 66:1-24

Jeremiah

The Call and Commission of Jeremiah 1:1-19 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Call to Repentance 2:1-3:5 Judah's Spiritual Adultery and Call to Return 3:6-4:4 The Coming Calamity on the Land 4:5-31 An Accusation against Jerusalem's Corruption 5:1-31 The Siege and Devastation of Jerusalem 6:1-30 The Temple Sermon: False Security Condemned 7:1-29 Violence and Corruption in the Land 7:30-8:3 Persistent Idolatry and Coming Punishment 8:4-9:26 The Folly of Idols 10:1-16 Judah's Flight and Jeremiah's Lament 10:17-22 A Prayer for Direction and Deliverance 10:23-25 The Broken Covenant and a Public Warning 11:1-17 Conspiracy against Jeremiah and God's Vindication 11:18-23 Jeremiah's Complaint to God 12:1-4 A Call to Endure and Judgment on Nations 12:5-17 The Linen Belt: Symbol of Judah's Humiliation 13:1-11 A Sign of Shame and Pronounced Judgment 13:12-14 A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster 13:15-27 Famine, False Prophets, and Divine Judgment 14:1-15:21 Symbolic Acts and the People's Sinfulness 16:1-17:18 Warning about Sabbath Violations 17:19-27 The Potter and the Broken Jar: Judgment on Jerusalem 18:1-19:15 Persecution by Pashhur the Priest 20:1-6 Jeremiah's Lament and Resolve 20:7-18 A Message to the Royal House: Doom for Jerusalem 21:1-14 Judgment on the Kings and Royal House 22:1-30 False Shepherds Condemned and a Righteous Branch Promised 23:1-8 Condemnation of False Prophets 23:9-32 The Lord Rebukes False Oracles 23:33-40 The Two Figs: Exile and Remnant 24:1-10 Seventy Years of Babylonian Dominion 25:1-14 The Cup of God's Wrath on the Nations 25:15-38 Jeremiah's Temple Address, Arrest, and Vindication 26:1-24 The Yoke of Babylon and Call to Submit 27:1-22 Hananiah's False Prophecy and Its Rebuke 28:1-17 Letter to the Exiles: Seek the Welfare of Babylon 29:1-23 Shemaiah's Letter and Its Condemnation 29:24-32 The Book of Comfort: Restoration and the New Covenant 30:1-31:40 Jeremiah Buys a Field: Faith and Hope in Captivity 32:1-44 Promise of Restoration and the Davidic Covenant 33:1-26 Zedekiah's Appeal and Jeremiah's Warning 34:1-7 Breach of Covenant and Punishment for Oppression 34:8-22 The Rechabites' Fidelity as a Rebuke to Judah 35:1-19 Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Words and the Scroll Is Burned 36:1-32 Jeremiah Imprisoned during the Siege of Jerusalem 37:1-21 Jeremiah Cast into a Cistern 38:1-13 Ebed‑Melech Rescues Jeremiah; Zedekiah's Failure 38:14-28 The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah's Release 39:1-18 Gedaliah Appointed Governor and Jeremiah's Choice 40:1-6 Assassination of Gedaliah and the Terror in Judah 40:7-41:15 Rejection of Jeremiah's Counsel and Flight to Egypt 41:16-43:13 The Jews in Egypt: Idolatry and Condemnation 44:1-30 A Word to Baruch: Encouragement and Warning 45:1-5 Oracles against Egypt 46:1-28 Judgment on the Philistines 47:1-7 Judgment on Moab 48:1-47 Judgment on Ammon 49:1-6 Judgment on Edom 49:7-22 Judgment on Damascus and Aram 49:23-27 Destruction of Kedar and the Nomads 49:28-33 Judgment on Elam and Future Restoration 49:34-39 Judgment on Babylon and Its Final Fall 50:1-51:64 The Fall of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's Fate 52:1-30 Jehoiachin's Release from Babylonian Captivity 52:31-34

Ezekiel

The Vision of God's Glory and the Living Creatures 1:1-28 Ezekiel's Commission and the Eating of the Scroll 2:1-3:15 Ezekiel Appointed as Watchman and Made Speechless 3:16-27 Symbolic Acts of Siege and Judgment on Jerusalem 4:1-5:17 Judgment on Israel for Idolatry 6:1-14 The Day of the Lord: Impending Disaster 7:1-27 Visions of Temple Abominations 8:1-18 The Execution of Jerusalem's Wicked and the Marked Few 9:1-11 The Departure of God's Glory from the Temple 10:1-22 Condemnation of Jerusalem's Leaders 11:1-15 The Departure of God's Glory and Promise of Restoration 11:16-25 Signs of Exile and the Futility of False Hopes 12:1-28 Condemnation of False Prophets and Diviners 13:1-23 Elders' Idolatry and Its Consequences 14:1-11 Judgment on Nations and the Limits of Intercession 14:12-23 Jerusalem Portrayed as a Useless Vine 15:1-8 Jerusalem's Infidelity: Shame, Judgment, and Vindication 16:1-63 The Parable of the Two Eagles: Zedekiah's Folly 17:1-24 Individual Responsibility and the Call to Repentance 18:1-32 A Lament for Israel's Princes 19:1-14 Israel's History of Rebellion and Divine Judgment 20:1-29 Punishment for Profane Worship and Promise of Restoration 20:30-44 A Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel 20:45-49 The Sword of the Lord: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 21:1-32 Jerusalem's Corruption and the Search for a Righteous Remnant 22:1-31 The Sisters' Harlotry: Samaria and Jerusalem Condemned 23:1-49 The Boiling Pot: Prophecy of Jerusalem's Siege 24:1-14 The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife's Death: Judgment and Changed Lament 24:15-27 Oracle Against Ammon 25:1-7 Oracles Against Moab and Seir 25:8-11 Judgment on the Philistines 25:12-14 Oracle Against Tyre 25:15-17 The Fall of Tyre Foretold 26:1-21 Lamentation for Tyre, the Merchant City 27:1-36 The Pride and Fall of Tyre's Ruler 28:1-19 Judgment on Sidon and Promise of Israel's Security 28:20-26 Egypt's Humiliation and Years of Desolation 29:1-21 The Day of the Lord Against Egypt and Its Allies 30:1-26 Egypt Compared to the Fallen Cedar: Pride and Doom 31:1-18 Lament for Egypt's Collapse and Descent into Sheol 32:1-32 The Watchman's Duty and Personal Responsibility 33:1-20 Report of Jerusalem's Fall and the People's Alarm 33:21-33 Condemnation of Bad Shepherds and Promise of a Good Shepherd 34:1-31 Judgment on Edom for Rejoicing over Israel 35:1-15 Promise of Israel's Restoration and Spiritual Renewal 36:1-38 The Valley of Dry Bones: National Revival 37:1-14 The Two Sticks: Unity of Israel and the Davidic Covenant 37:15-28 The Invasion of Gog and Its Defeat 38:1-39:29 Vision of the Future Temple: Introduction and Commission 40:1-4 Measurements of the Outer Court and Gateways 40:5-16 Courtyard Entrances and Portico Dimensions 40:17-19 Inner Court Entrances and Chambers 40:20-23 Vestibules and Side Entrance Specifications 40:24-27 Details of Inner Chambers and Gate Structure 40:28-37 Porches, Chambers, and Steps of the Temple Court 40:38-43 Priests' Chambers and the Prince's Quarters 40:44-47 The Inner Sanctuary and Holy Place Measurements 40:48-41:26 Priestly Chambers and the Inner Court Layout 42:1-20 The Return of God's Glory to the Temple 43:1-12 Altar Design and Sacrificial Regulations 43:13-27 Temple Gates, Priestly Roles, and Exclusions 44:1-31 Land Allotments and the Prince's Portion 45:1-12 Worship Regulations: Offerings, Festivals, and the Prince 45:13-46:24 The Life-Giving River Flowing from the Temple 47:1-12 Division of the Land and Inheritance Boundaries 47:13-23 Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land 48:1-29 The City Gates and the Name: 'The Lord Is There' 48:30-35

Matthew

The Genealogy of Jesus 1:1-17 The Birth of Jesus Foretold to Joseph 1:18-25 The Visit of the Magi 2:1-12 Flight into Egypt and the Slaughter of the Innocents 2:13-18 Return to Nazareth 2:19-23 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3:1-12 The Baptism of Jesus 3:13-17 The Temptation of Jesus 4:1-11 Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 4:12-17 Jesus Calls the First Disciples 4:18-22 Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee 4:23-25 The Beatitudes 5:1-12 Salt and Light 5:13-16 Jesus and the Law 5:17-20 Teaching on Anger and Reconciliation 5:21-26 Teaching on Adultery and Lust 5:27-30 Teaching on Divorce 5:31-32 Teaching on Oaths and Honesty 5:33-37 Teaching on Retaliation and Generosity 5:38-42 Love Your Enemies 5:43-48 Giving to the Needy in Secret 6:1-4 Prayer and the Lord's Prayer 6:5-15 Teaching on Fasting 6:16-18 Treasures and Serving God 6:19-24 Do Not Worry 6:25-34 Do Not Judge 7:1-6 Ask, Seek, Knock and the Golden Rule 7:7-12 The Narrow and Wide Gates 7:13-14 Recognizing False Prophets 7:15-23 Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders 7:24-29 Jesus Cleanses a Leper 8:1-4 The Faith of the Centurion 8:5-13 Jesus Heals Many and Fulfills Prophecy 8:14-17 The Cost of Discipleship 8:18-22 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:23-27 Healing of Two Demon-Possessed Men 8:28-34 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1-8 Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners 9:9-13 Fasting and the New Cloth and Wineskins 9:14-17 A Daughter Restored and a Woman Healed 9:18-26 Two Blind Men Healed and a Mute Man Restored 9:27-34 Jesus' Compassion and the Call for Workers 9:35-38 The Mission of the Twelve 10:1-42 John's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony about John 11:1-19 Woe to Unrepentant Cities 11:20-24 The Father's Revelation and Rest for the Weary 11:25-30 Sabbath Controversies: Grain and Healing 12:1-14 Jesus Heals and Fulfills Isaiah's Prophecy 12:15-21 Accusation, Blasphemy Against the Spirit, and the Heart's Fruit 12:22-37 The Sign of Jonah and the Unclean Spirit 12:38-45 Jesus Redefines Family 12:46-50 The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 13:1-23 The Parable of the Weeds 13:24-30 The Mustard Seed and the Yeast 13:31-35 Explanation of the Weeds and End-Time Judgment 13:36-43 Treasure and Pearl: The Kingdom's Value 13:44-46 The Net and New and Old Treasures 13:47-52 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 13:53-58 The Execution of John the Baptist 14:1-12 Feeding the Five Thousand 14:13-21 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals Many 14:22-36 Tradition, Purity, and the Canaanite Woman's Faith 15:1-28 Jesus Heals Many and Feeds the Four Thousand 15:29-39 Pharisees Demand a Sign 16:1-4 Warning About the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees 16:5-12 Peter's Confession: You Are the Christ 16:13-20 Jesus Foretells His Death and Discipleship 16:21-28 The Transfiguration 17:1-13 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy and a Second Prediction of Death 17:14-23 Payment of the Temple Tax 17:24-27 Humility and Care for Little Ones 18:1-9 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 18:10-14 Church Discipline and Prayer 18:15-20 Forgiveness and the Unforgiving Servant 18:21-35 Marriage, Divorce, and Children 19:1-15 The Rich Young Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 19:16-30 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard 20:1-16 Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 20:17-19 Request for Honor and Teaching on Servanthood 20:20-28 Two Blind Men Healed Near Jericho 20:29-34 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 21:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Heals 21:12-17 The Withered Fig Tree and Teaching on Faith 21:18-22 Jesus' Authority Challenged 21:23-27 The Parable of the Two Sons 21:28-32 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 21:33-46 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22:1-14 Question about Paying Taxes to Caesar 22:15-22 The Sadducees and the Resurrection 22:23-33 The Greatest Commandment 22:34-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees about the Messiah 22:41-46 Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1-39 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of the End and the Temple's Destruction 24:1-35 The Olivet Discourse: Watchfulness and Judgment 24:36-51 The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1-13 The Parable of the Talents 25:14-30 The Final Judgment: Sheep and Goats 25:31-46 The Plot to Arrest Jesus 26:1-5 The Anointing at Bethany 26:6-13 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 26:14-16 The Last Supper 26:17-30 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 26:31-35 Prayer in Gethsemane 26:36-46 The Arrest of Jesus 26:47-56 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin 26:57-68 Peter's Denial and Repentance 26:69-75 Judas' Remorse and Suicide 27:1-10 Jesus Sentenced by Pilate 27:11-26 Jesus Mocked and Scourged 27:27-31 The Crucifixion and Mockery 27:32-44 The Death of Jesus 27:45-56 Jesus Is Buried 27:57-61 The Tomb Secured by the Authorities 27:62-66 The Resurrection: Women at the Tomb 28:1-10 The Guards' Report and the Chief Priests' Lie 28:11-15 The Great Commission 28:16-20

Mark

John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1:1-8 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 1:9-13 Jesus Begins His Ministry and Calls the First Disciples 1:14-20 Jesus Teaches with Authority and Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 1:21-28 Healings and Demons Cleansed at Simon's Home 1:29-34 Jesus Prays and Proclaims the Kingdom in Galilee 1:35-39 Healing of a Man with Leprosy 1:40-45 Forgiveness and Healing of a Paralytic 2:1-12 Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 2:13-17 Questions about Fasting; New Cloth and Wineskins 2:18-22 Sabbath Controversies: Grain, Healing, and Plot Against Jesus 2:23-3:6 Great Crowds Follow; Unclean Spirits Acknowledge Jesus 3:7-12 Jesus Appoints the Twelve Apostles 3:13-19 Accusations of Beelzebul and the Parable of the Strong Man 3:20-30 Jesus Redefines True Family 3:31-35 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 4:1-20 A Lamp, Measure, and the Principle of Growth 4:21-25 Parable of the Growing Seed 4:26-29 The Mustard Seed and the Kingdom's Growth 4:30-34 Jesus Calms the Storm 4:35-41 The Gerasene Demoniac Restored 5:1-20 A Woman Healed and Jairus' Daughter Raised 5:21-43 Jesus Rejected in His Hometown 6:1-6 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 6:7-13 Herod, Herodias, and the Death of John the Baptist 6:14-29 Feeding of the Five Thousand 6:30-44 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals at Gennesaret 6:45-56 Tradition, Inner Purity, and What Truly Defiles 7:1-23 A Gentile Woman's Faith and the Healing at Tyre 7:24-30 Jesus Heals a Deaf Man Who Could Not Speak Clearly 7:31-37 Feeding the Four Thousand and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign 8:1-13 Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod 8:14-21 Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22-26 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 8:27-30 Jesus Predicts His Death and Calls Disciples to Take Up the Cross 8:31-9:1 The Transfiguration and the Return of Elijah 9:2-13 Healing of a Boy with an Unclean Spirit; Jesus Predicts His Passion Again 9:14-32 Who Is the Greatest? A Child as the Model of Service 9:33-37 Tolerance for Those Who Serve in Jesus' Name 9:38-41 Warnings about Causing Sin; Exhortations on Salt and Holiness 9:42-50 Jesus' Teaching on Divorce 10:1-12 Jesus Blesses Little Children 10:13-16 The Rich Young Man and the Cost of Discipleship 10:17-31 Jesus Again Predicts His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection 10:32-34 Ambition and Servanthood: The Way of True Greatness 10:35-45 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 10:46-52 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 11:1-11 Withered Fig Tree and the Cleansing of the Temple 11:12-19 Faith, Prayer, and the Call to Forgiveness 11:20-26 Religious Leaders Question Jesus' Authority 11:27-33 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 12:1-12 Render to Caesar: Taxes and Allegiance 12:13-17 Sadducees Challenge Resurrection; Jesus Teaches Eternal Life 12:18-27 The Greatest Commandment: Love God and Neighbor 12:28-34 Jesus Questions the Messiah and Warns Against Scribes 12:35-40 The Widow's Offering: True Generosity 12:41-44 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of Destruction and the End 13:1-31 No One Knows the Day: Be Watchful 13:32-37 Plot to Kill Jesus and the Anointing at Bethany 14:1-11 The Passover Meal and Institution of the Lord's Supper 14:12-26 Jesus Predicts the Disciples' Flight and Peter's Denial 14:27-31 Gethsemane: Jesus' Agony and Prayer 14:32-42 The Arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane 14:43-52 Jesus Before the Council 14:53-65 Peter's Denial and His Remorse 14:66-72 Jesus Before Pilate; Barabbas Released 15:1-15 The Soldiers Mock and Scourge Jesus 15:16-20 The Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion 15:21-32 Jesus' Death and the Centurion's Confession 15:33-41 The Burial of Jesus 15:42-47 The Resurrection: Women Find the Empty Tomb 16:1-8 Appearances of the Risen Lord and the Commission 16:9-20

Luke

Purpose and Order of the Gospel 1:1-4 Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth 1:5-25 The Annunciation to Mary 1:26-38 Mary Visits Elizabeth 1:39-45 Mary's Song (The Magnificat) 1:46-56 The Birth and Naming of John 1:57-66 Zechariah's Prophecy and John's Mission 1:67-80 The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2:1-7 Angels Announce the Shepherds' Good News 2:8-20 Presentation in the Temple; Simeon and Anna 2:21-40 The Boy Jesus in the Temple 2:41-52 John the Baptist's Call to Repentance 3:1-20 The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 3:21-38 Jesus Tested in the Wilderness 4:1-13 Rejection at Nazareth 4:14-30 Authority over Unclean Spirits in Capernaum 4:31-37 Healings and Preaching in Galilee 4:38-44 The Call of the First Disciples 5:1-11 Healing a Man with Leprosy 5:12-16 A Paralytic Forgiven and Healed 5:17-26 The Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 5:27-32 Questions about Fasting; New Wine and Old Wineskins 5:33-39 Lord of the Sabbath and a Sabbath Healing 6:1-11 The Appointment of the Twelve Apostles 6:12-16 The Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes 6:17-26 Love Your Enemies and Be Merciful 6:27-36 Judging Others and the Speck and Log 6:37-42 A Tree and Its Fruit: True Character Revealed 6:43-45 The Wise and Foolish Builders 6:46-49 The Faith of the Centurion 7:1-10 Raising the Widow's Son at Nain 7:11-17 John the Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony 7:18-35 A Sinful Woman Forgiven 7:36-50 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 8:1-15 Lighted Lamp and Hearing the Word 8:16-18 Jesus Redefines His Family 8:19-21 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:22-25 Healing the Gerasene Demoniac 8:26-39 Jairus' Daughter Raised and a Woman Healed 8:40-56 The Twelve Sent Out 9:1-9 Feeding the Five Thousand 9:10-17 Peter's Confession and the Way of the Cross 9:18-27 The Transfiguration 9:28-36 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy; A Second Passion Prediction 9:37-45 Who Is Greatest and a Servant's Ministry 9:46-50 Jesus Resolves for Jerusalem; Samaritan Rejection 9:51-56 The Cost of Discipleship 9:57-62 The Seventy Sent Out and Their Return 10:1-24 The Good Samaritan 10:25-37 Mary and Martha: Choosing the Better Part 10:38-42 The Lord's Prayer and Persistent Prayer 11:1-13 Jesus, Beelzebul, and True Blessedness 11:14-28 Demand for a Sign; Jonah and the Queen of the South 11:29-32 The Light of the Body and Inner Purity 11:33-36 Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers 11:37-54 Warnings against Hypocrisy and Confession before Men 12:1-12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 12:13-21 Do Not Worry; Seek God's Kingdom 12:22-34 Watchfulness and Faithful Stewardship 12:35-48 Division Caused by Christ 12:49-53 Interpreting the Times and Settling with Adversaries 12:54-59 Call to Repentance and the Barren Fig Tree 13:1-9 Healing on the Sabbath and Jesus' Rebuke 13:10-17 Parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast 13:18-21 The Narrow Door and the Cost of Entry 13:22-30 Jesus Laments over Jerusalem 13:31-35 Healing at a Pharisee's House and Humility at the Table 14:1-14 Parable of the Great Banquet 14:15-24 The Cost of Following Jesus; Salt and Saltiness 14:25-35 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15:1-7 The Parable of the Lost Coin 15:8-10 The Parable of the Prodigal Son 15:11-32 The Shrewd Manager and Teaching on Wealth 16:1-15 Law, the Kingdom, and Divorce 16:16-18 The Rich Man and Lazarus 16:19-31 Teachings on Temptation, Forgiveness, and Duty 17:1-10 Healing of the Ten Lepers 17:11-19 The Coming of the Kingdom and End-Time Sayings 17:20-37 Parable of the Persistent Widow 18:1-8 Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18:9-14 Jesus Blesses Little Children 18:15-17 The Rich Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 18:18-30 Jesus Predicts His Death Again 18:31-34 Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 18:35-43 Zacchaeus: Salvation Comes to His House 19:1-10 Parable of the Ten Minas 19:11-27 Triumphal Entry and Lament over Jerusalem 19:28-44 Cleansing the Temple and Teaching 19:45-48 Jesus' Authority Challenged 20:1-8 Parable of the Wicked Tenants 20:9-19 Paying Taxes to Caesar 20:20-26 Question about the Resurrection 20:27-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees; Warnings against Hypocrisy 20:41-47 The Widow's Offering 21:1-4 The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End 21:5-38 The Plot to Kill Jesus and Judas' Agreement 22:1-6 The Last Supper and Predictions of Denial 22:7-38 Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 22:39-46 Jesus Arrested 22:47-53 Peter's Denial Fulfilled 22:54-62 Jesus Mocked and Beaten 22:63-65 Jesus before the Council and Pilate; Sentencing 22:66-23:25 The Way of the Cross and the Penitent Thief 23:26-43 The Death of Jesus and the Centurion's Confession 23:44-49 The Burial of Jesus 23:50-56 The Empty Tomb and the Women's Report 24:1-12 The Road to Emmaus and Recognition of the Risen Lord 24:13-35 Jesus Appears to the Disciples and Explains Scripture 24:36-49 The Ascension and the Disciples' Worship 24:50-53

John

The Word Became Flesh 1:1-18 John the Baptist's Witness 1:19-28 Behold the Lamb of God 1:29-34 The First Disciples and Simon Peter 1:35-42 Calling of Philip and Nathanael 1:43-51 The Wedding at Cana: Water Made Wine 2:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Speaks of His Body 2:12-25 Nicodemus and the New Birth 3:1-21 John the Baptist Exalts Jesus 3:22-36 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well 4:1-26 The Harvest Is Ready 4:27-38 Samaritans Believe in Jesus 4:39-42 Healing of the Royal Official's Son 4:43-54 Jesus Heals at Bethesda 5:1-15 Jesus Claims Authority Over Life and Judgment 5:16-30 Witnesses to Jesus and Israel's Unbelief 5:31-47 Feeding the Five Thousand 6:1-15 Jesus Walks on the Sea 6:16-24 Jesus the Bread of Life 6:25-59 Many Turn Away; Peter's Confession 6:60-71 Jesus Stays Away from Judea 7:1-13 Jesus Teaches at the Festival 7:14-24 Growing Division Over Jesus 7:25-44 Temple Officers and the Adulterous Woman 7:45-8:11 Jesus the Light and His Claim 8:12-30 True Discipleship and Freedom 8:31-41 Jesus' Divine Origin and Opposition 8:42-47 Jesus' 'I Am' and Preexistence 8:48-59 Healing of a Man Born Blind 9:1-12 Controversy with the Pharisees over the Healing 9:13-34 Spiritual Sight and Blindness 9:35-41 The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 10:1-21 Feast of Dedication and Controversy over Jesus 10:22-42 Lazarus' Sickness and Jesus' Intention 11:1-16 Jesus Weeps at Lazarus' Tomb 11:17-37 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead 11:38-44 Plot to Kill Jesus and Caiaphas' Counsel 11:45-57 Mary Anoints Jesus; Plot to Kill Lazarus 12:1-11 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 12:12-19 Greeks Seek Jesus; He Predicts His Death 12:20-36 Unbelief and Jesus' Final Appeal 12:37-50 Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13:1-17 The Prediction of Judas' Betrayal 13:18-30 The New Commandment and Peter's Denial 13:31-38 Jesus Promises a Place in the Father's House 14:1-4 Jesus the Way to the Father 14:5-14 Promise of the Holy Spirit and Peace 14:15-31 The Vine and the Command to Love 15:1-17 The World's Hatred and the Cost of Discipleship 15:18-16:4 The Holy Spirit's Work 16:5-16 Sorrow Turned to Joy; Peace in Christ 16:17-33 The Son's Prayer for Glory 17:1-5 Prayer for the Disciples' Protection and Sanctification 17:6-19 Prayer for Unity Among Believers 17:20-26 Jesus Arrested in Gethsemane 18:1-11 Jesus Brought to Annas 18:12-14 Peter's First Denial 18:15-18 Jesus Questioned and Struck Before the High Priest 18:19-24 Peter Denies Jesus Three Times 18:25-27 Jesus Before Pilate 18:28-40 Jesus Scourged, Mocked, and Sentenced to Crucifixion 19:1-16 The Crucifixion and Jesus' Care for His Mother 19:17-27 Jesus' Death and the Fulfillment of Scripture 19:28-37 Jesus' Burial 19:38-42 The Empty Tomb Discovered 20:1-9 Mary Magdalene Meets the Risen Lord 20:10-18 Jesus Appears to His Disciples and Breathes the Spirit 20:19-23 Thomas Believes; Purpose of John's Gospel 20:24-31 The Miraculous Catch and Breakfast by the Sea 21:1-14 Peter Reinstated and the Beloved Disciple 21:15-25

Acts

The Ascension of Jesus 1:1-11 Prayer in the Upper Room and the Choosing of Matthias 1:12-26 Pentecost: The Coming of the Spirit 2:1-13 Peter's Sermon and Three Thousand Converted 2:14-41 The Early Christian Community 2:42-47 Healing at the Beautiful Gate 3:1-10 Peter's Address at Solomon's Colonnade 3:11-26 The Apostles Before the Sanhedrin 4:1-22 Believers Pray for Boldness 4:23-31 The Believers Share Possessions 4:32-37 Ananias and Sapphira 5:1-11 Signs Performed by the Apostles 5:12-16 Persecution of the Apostles and Their Witness 5:17-42 The Appointment of the Seven Deacons 6:1-7 Stephen's Wisdom and Opposition 6:8-15 Stephen's Speech before the Sanhedrin 7:1-53 The Stoning of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church 7:54-8:1 Saul's Persecution Scatters the Church 8:2-3 Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria 8:4-8 Simon Magus and Peter's Rebuke 8:9-25 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 8:26-40 The Conversion of Saul 9:1-19 Saul's Early Ministry and Acceptance by the Church 9:20-31 Peter Heals Aeneas and Raises Tabitha 9:32-43 Cornelius' Vision and the Call for Peter 10:1-8 Peter's Vision and the Messengers from Cornelius 10:9-23 Peter at Cornelius' House: Gentiles Receive the Spirit 10:24-48 Peter Defends the Conversion of Gentiles 11:1-18 The Church in Antioch and Famine Relief 11:19-30 Herod Executes James; Peter Miraculously Freed 12:1-19 Herod's Death and the Church's Continued Growth 12:20-25 The First Missionary Sending 13:1-3 Ministry in Cyprus and Elymas's Blinding 13:4-12 Paul's Mission in Pisidian Antioch 13:13-52 Paul and Barnabas in Iconium 14:1-7 Healing in Lystra and Paul's Stoning 14:8-20 Paul and Barnabas Strengthen the Churches 14:21-28 The Jerusalem Council on Gentile Circumcision 15:1-21 The Council's Letter and Peace with Antioch 15:22-35 Paul and Barnabas Separate 15:36-41 Timothy Joins Paul and Churches Are Strengthened 16:1-5 The Call to Macedonia 16:6-10 Lydia's Conversion at Philippi 16:11-15 Paul and Silas Imprisoned and Released in Philippi 16:16-40 Preaching in Thessalonica and Opposition 17:1-9 Berea's Noble Reception and Paul's Departure 17:10-15 Paul's Address at the Areopagus 17:16-34 Paul's Ministry in Corinth and Conflict 18:1-17 Paul Departs; Apollos Instructed by Priscilla and Aquila 18:18-28 Paul's Ministry and the Ephesian Disciples 19:1-22 The Ephesian Riot over Artemis 19:23-41 Paul's Journeys Through Macedonia and Greece 20:1-6 Eutychus Raised in Troas 20:7-12 Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders 20:13-38 Paul's Voyage to Jerusalem 21:1-16 Paul's Arrival in Jerusalem and the Temple Ritual 21:17-26 Paul Seized in the Temple 21:27-36 Paul's Defense: His Conversion and Mission 21:37-22:21 Paul's Arrest and the Council's Division 22:22-23:11 The Plot to Kill Paul and the Soldier's Intervention 23:12-22 Paul Escorted to Caesarea under Guard 23:23-35 Paul's Defense before Governor Felix 24:1-27 Paul Brought before Festus and the Jewish Charges 25:1-12 King Agrippa Learns of Paul's Case 25:13-22 Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 25:23-26:32 Paul's Voyage to Rome Begins 27:1-12 The Storm at Sea and God's Promise of Safety 27:13-26 Shipwreck and Deliverance on Malta 27:27-44 Paul on Malta: Healing and Hospitality 28:1-10 Voyage to Rome and Arrival 28:11-16 Paul in Rome: Preaching under House Arrest 28:17-31

Romans

Paul's Greeting and the Gospel's Power 1:1-17 God's Wrath Against Ungodliness 1:18-32 God's Impartial Judgment and Conscience 2:1-16 The Law, True Circumcision, and Jewish Identity 2:17-29 Israel's Advantage and God's Faithfulness 3:1-8 Universal Sinfulness and the Law's Condemnation 3:9-20 Righteousness Through Faith and Justification 3:21-31 Abraham: Justification by Faith 4:1-25 Peace with God and Reconciliation 5:1-11 Adam and Christ: Death, Grace, and Righteousness 5:12-21 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6:1-14 Slavery to Sin or to Righteousness 6:15-23 Released from the Law to Serve in the Spirit 7:1-6 The Inner Conflict: Law, Sin, and the Flesh 7:7-25 Life in the Spirit: Freedom and Adoption 8:1-17 Future Glory and the Spirit's Intercession 8:18-27 Assurance of God's Love: Nothing Can Separate Us 8:28-39 Paul's Sorrow and God's Sovereign Election 9:1-29 Righteousness by Faith and Israel's Unbelief 9:30-10:21 A Remnant Preserved and Israel's Hardening 11:1-10 Gentiles Grafted In and a Warning Against Boasting 11:11-24 The Mystery of Israel's Salvation and God's Mercy 11:25-32 Doxology: Praise for God's Wisdom and Sovereignty 11:33-36 A Living Sacrifice and the Diversity of Gifts 12:1-8 Christian Conduct: Love, Humility, and Ethical Duties 12:9-21 Submission to Authorities and Civic Duty 13:1-7 Love Fulfills the Law; Walk in the Light 13:8-14 Christian Liberty, Conscience, and Mutual Acceptance 14:1-15:13 Paul's Service to the Gentiles and Missionary Ambition 15:14-22 Paul's Travel Plans and Prayer Requests 15:23-33 Personal Greetings, Final Warnings, and Doxology 16:1-27

Revelation

The Revelation Announced and the Blessing 1:1-3 Greeting and the Lord's Self‑Declaration 1:4-8 John's Vision of the Glorified Son of Man 1:9-20 Letter to Ephesus: Faithfulness and the Call to Repent 2:1-7 Letter to Smyrna: Persecution and the Crown of Life 2:8-11 Letter to Pergamum: Fidelity and False Teaching 2:12-17 Letter to Thyatira: Tolerance of Immorality and Promise to Overcomers 2:18-29 Letter to Sardis: Wakefulness and Repentance 3:1-6 Letter to Philadelphia: An Open Door and a Promise of Protection 3:7-13 Letter to Laodicea: Lukewarmness and the Call to Repent 3:14-22 The Throne in Heaven and Heavenly Worship 4:1-11 The Sealed Scroll and the Worthy Lamb 5:1-14 The Six Seals: Tribulation and Cosmic Disturbance 6:1-17 The Sealing of the 144,000 7:1-8 The Multitude Before the Throne: Salvation and Comfort 7:9-17 The Seventh Seal and the Prayers of the Saints 8:1-5 The Trumpet Judgments: Plagues and Woes 8:6-9:21 The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll 10:1-11 The Two Witnesses: Prophecy, Death, and Resurrection 11:1-14 The Seventh Trumpet: God's Kingdom Proclaimed and the Temple Opened 11:15-19 The Cosmic Conflict: The Woman, the Dragon, and the Male Child 12:1-13:1 The Sea Beast: Blasphemy and Persecution 13:2-10 The Earth Beast and the Mark of the Beast 13:11-18 The Lamb on Mount Zion and the 144,000 14:1-5 The Three Angels' Messages and the Call to Endure 14:6-13 The Harvest of the Earth: Reaping God's Judgment 14:14-20 The Seven Last Plagues and the Victors' Song 15:1-8 The Bowl Judgments: The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath 16:1-21 The Fall of Babylon the Great and the Beast's Doom 17:1-18:24 Heavenly Praise and the Marriage of the Lamb 19:1-10 Christ's Triumphant Return and the Defeat of the Beast 19:11-21 Satan Bound and the Reign of the Saints 20:1-6 Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat 20:7-10 The Great White Throne and the Final Judgment 20:11-15 The New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem 21:1-27 The River of Life and the Throne of God 22:1-6
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

Job.4.1 - Details

Original Text

ויען אליפז התימני ויאמר׃

Morphology

  • ויען: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אליפז: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • התימני: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 15:1 (verbal): Eliphaz begins his second speech with the identical introductory formula ('Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said'), a direct verbal recurrence of the speech-introduction.
  • Job 22:1 (verbal): Eliphaz opens another address with the same wording, repeating the stock phrase that introduces his speeches.
  • Job 8:1 (structural): Bildad the Shuhite is introduced by the same dialogic formula ('Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said'), showing the consistent structural pattern for friends' replies.
  • Job 11:1 (structural): Zophar the Naamathite's speech begins with the same introductory formula, another instance of the dialogue's standardized speaker-introduction.
  • Job 32:6 (structural): Elihu is introduced with the same convention ('And Elihu the son of Barachel...answered and said'), marking a new respondent and mirroring the dialogue’s introductory pattern.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
  • Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 If one should test you with words, would you be weary? Who can restrain speech?

Job.4.2 - Details

Original Text

הנסה דבר אליך תלאה ועצר במלין מי יוכל׃

Morphology

  • הנסה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אליך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • תלאה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ועצר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • במלין: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • יוכל: VERB,qal,impf,3,ms

Parallels

  • Proverbs 10:19 (thematic): Both contrast many words with the wisdom of holding back speech—emphasizing restraint of the tongue as prudent, paralleling the issue of whether one can refrain from speaking.
  • Proverbs 17:27 (verbal): Says a man of knowledge restrains his words; echoes the theme of control (or lack of control) over speech found in Job 4:2.
  • Psalm 39:1 (verbal): The psalmist resolves to guard his mouth and hold his tongue with a bridle, a close verbal and thematic parallel about restraining speech.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:2 (thematic): Advises being careful and slow with one’s mouth before God, reflecting the broader wisdom concern with restraining spoken words that appears in Job 4:2.
  • James 1:19 (thematic): Commands believers to be quick to hear and slow to speak—a New Testament articulation of the same theme about controlling speech and not speaking rashly.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Shall a word be spoken to you, O weary man, and should one restrain speech? Who can?
  • If one speaks to you, will you be weary? If you would restrain words, who can?
3 Behold, you have instructed many and have strengthened hands that were weak.

Job.4.3 - Details

Original Text

הנה יסרת רבים וידים רפות תחזק׃

Morphology

  • הנה: PART
  • יסרת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • רבים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • וידים: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • רפות: ADJ,f,pl,abs
  • תחזק: VERB,qal,impf,2,ms

Parallels

  • Isaiah 35:3 (verbal): Uses the close Hebrew phrasing to ‘strengthen the weak hands’ (חזקו ידים רפות), a near verbal parallel to Job’s 'ידים רפות תחזק'.
  • Isaiah 40:29 (thematic): Speaks of God giving strength to the faint and increasing power to those without might—same theme of strengthening the weak.
  • Exodus 17:12 (structural): Narrative instance where Aaron and Hur literally support Moses’ hands so they remain strong in battle—an illustrative parallel to the idea of strengthening weak hands.
  • Nehemiah 4:14 (verbal): Calls the people to 'be strengthened' and 'strengthen your hands' (חזקו ידיכם) in the face of opposition, echoing Job’s language of strengthening weak hands.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands.
  • Behold, you have instructed many and strengthened feeble hands.
4 You would lift up those who stumble; you steadied knees that were giving way.

Job.4.4 - Details

Original Text

כושל יקימון מליך וברכים כרעות תאמץ׃

Morphology

  • כושל: VERB,qal,ptc,-,m,sg
  • יקימון: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • מליך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וברכים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • כרעות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • תאמץ: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Isaiah 35:3 (verbal): Direct verbal parallel—both speak of strengthening weak hands and making firm feeble/weak knees (very close wording to Job 4:4).
  • Hebrews 12:12 (quotation): New Testament citation of Isaiah’s wording: commands to lift drooping hands and strengthen weak knees, echoing the same image of upholding the weak/stumbling.
  • Ezekiel 34:4 (thematic): A shepherding critique: 'you have not strengthened the weak'—antithetical/thematic parallel about responsibility to uphold the weak and lame.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:4 (thematic): Paul on God comforting us in affliction 'that we may comfort those in any affliction'—theme of strengthening/comforting the weak and afflicted (words/actions that uphold others).
  • Psalm 82:3 (thematic): Call to 'defend the weak and fatherless'—thematic link to supporting and upholding those who are weak or stumbling.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The one who stumbles you set on his feet; you made firm the tottering knees.
  • You made the stumbling rise; you steadied knees that gave way.
5 But now trouble has come upon you; sorrow has drawn near, and distress has seized you.

Job.4.5 - Details

Original Text

כי עתה ׀ תבוא אליך ותלא תגע עדיך ותבהל׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • עתה: ADV
  • תבוא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אליך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • ותלא: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • תגע: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • עדיך: PREP,2,m,sg
  • ותבהל: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Exodus 17:12 (verbal): Moses' hands 'grew heavy' and began to fall, a close verbal and imagistic parallel to 'your hands will fall' (loss of strength in the hands).
  • Nehemiah 4:10 (verbal): The community says 'our hands are weak' from fear and danger; echoes the connection between fear, weakness, and inability to act in Job 4:5.
  • Proverbs 24:10 (thematic): 'If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small' — a thematic parallel about collapsing strength under trial like the hands that fail in Job 4:5.
  • Isaiah 41:10 (thematic): God's command 'do not fear... I will strengthen you' functions as a theological counterpoint to the predicted fear and failing strength in Job 4:5, highlighting the motif of fear versus divine strengthening.
  • Psalm 22:14-15 (thematic): Images of bodily collapse and extreme distress ('my strength is dried up... I am poured out like water') parallel the picture of physical weakening and terror conveyed in Job 4:5.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But now it comes to you, and you are weary; it lays hold on your hand and you are dismayed.
  • But now it comes upon you, and you are distressed; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
6 Was not your reverence your confidence, your hope and the integrity of your ways?

Job.4.6 - Details

Original Text

הלא יראתך כסלתך תקותך ותם דרכיך׃

Morphology

  • הלא: PART
  • יראתך: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,2,ms
  • כסלתך: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,2,ms
  • תקותך: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,2,ms
  • ותם: CONJ+ADJ,m,sg
  • דרכיך: NOUN,f,pl,abs+PRON,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Proverbs 14:26 (verbal): Explicitly links 'fear of the LORD' with 'strong confidence' (place of refuge), closely mirroring Eliphaz's claim that fear/confidence are identical.
  • Proverbs 10:9 (structural): Connects integrity/upright walking with security and sure footing, paralleling 'integrity of your ways' as Job's supposed hope.
  • Isaiah 33:6 (thematic): Presents the fear of the LORD as the source of stability and sure counsel in times of trouble, echoing the idea that fear provides confidence and security.
  • Psalm 112:7 (thematic): Describes the righteous (those who fear the LORD) as unafraid of bad tidings and established—illustrating the practical confidence Eliphaz attributes to such fear and integrity.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Is not your reverence your confidence, your hope and the integrity of your ways?
  • Was not your reverence your confidence, your integrity the hope of your ways?
7 Remember now: who that was innocent ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?

Job.4.7 - Details

Original Text

זכר־ נא מי הוא נקי אבד ואיפה ישרים נכחדו׃

Morphology

  • זכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נא: PART
  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • נקי: ADJ,m,sg
  • אבד: VERB,qal,infabs
  • ואיפה: CONJ+ADV,interr
  • ישרים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • נכחדו: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Proverbs 11:8 (verbal): Affirms the principle that the righteous are delivered from calamity while the wicked experience disaster, echoing Job 4:7's expectation that the innocent do not perish.
  • Proverbs 28:18 (thematic): Expresses the retributive idea that the blameless are preserved but the perverse fall—similar to the rhetorical question in Job 4:7 about the fate of the innocent.
  • Psalm 37:25 (thematic): The psalmist declares he has not seen the righteous forsaken, reflecting the same belief in divine protection of the upright found in Job 4:7.
  • Job 21:7 (thematic): Job counters the retributive assumption of passages like Job 4:7 by observing that the wicked often prosper—this passage serves as an internal foil to the claim that the innocent never perish.
  • Jeremiah 12:1 (allusion): Jeremiah's complaint about the apparent prosperity of the wicked and the suffering of the righteous parallels the crisis behind Job 4:7's rhetorical appeal to retributive justice.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Remember now: who that was innocent perished? Or where were the upright ever cut off?
  • Remember now: who that was innocent ever perished? Where were the upright destroyed?
8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap it.

Job.4.8 - Details

Original Text

כאשר ראיתי חרשי און וזרעי עמל יקצרהו׃

Morphology

  • כאשר: CONJ
  • ראיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • חרשי: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • און: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וזרעי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עמל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יקצרהו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Galatians 6:7 (verbal): Uses the sowing/ reaping principle ('whatever one sows, that will he also reap'), echoing Job's idea that evil actions bring matching consequences.
  • Proverbs 22:8 (verbal): Wisdom proverb close in wording and theme: those who sow injustice/iniquity reap calamity, paralleling Job's observation about reaping the fruit of evil.
  • Hosea 8:7 (verbal): Employs agricultural imagery of sowing and reaping (’they sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind’) to express that wicked deeds yield disastrous consequences.
  • Hosea 10:13 (verbal): Speaks of plowing wickedness and reaping iniquity—language very close to Job 4:8's depiction of sowing toil/evil and reaping its outcome.
  • Isaiah 3:10-11 (thematic): Contrasts the fate of the righteous and the wicked, asserting that people reap the results of their deeds—similar moral causality to Job's statement.

Alternative generated candidates

  • As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
  • As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap it.
9 By the breath of God they perish; by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

Job.4.9 - Details

Original Text

מנשמת אלוה יאבדו ומרוח אפו יכלו׃

Morphology

  • מנשמת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אלוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יאבדו: VERB,qal,impf,3,mp
  • ומרוח: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אפו: NOUN,m,sg,abs,suff3ms
  • יכלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Job 34:14-15 (verbal): Explicitly links God’s spirit/breath with the dying of all flesh—'if he should gather to himself his spirit and his breath...All flesh shall perish'—closely echoing Job 4:9's language.
  • Psalm 104:29-30 (verbal): Speaks of God taking away breath so creatures die and sending forth his spirit to create life—uses the same motif of divine breath as the cause of death and life.
  • Psalm 33:6 (verbal): Depicts creation by the 'breath of his mouth,' using similar imagery of divine breath as a powerful creative/constitutive force.
  • Ezekiel 37:9-10 (thematic): The valley of dry bones passage appeals to 'breath' to bring life—a thematic contrast to Job 4:9 that shows divine breath can either give or take life.
  • Genesis 2:7 (thematic): God breathes the 'breath of life' into man at creation; thematically related as divine breath determining life and death, though here it is the origin of life rather than its removal.

Alternative generated candidates

  • By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
  • From the breath of God they perish, and from the blast of his wrath they are consumed.
10 The roar of the lion and the cry of the lioness are stilled, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Job.4.10 - Details

Original Text

שאגת אריה וקול שחל ושני כפירים נתעו׃

Morphology

  • שאגת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
  • אריה: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • וקול: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שחל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ושני: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl
  • כפירים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • נתעו: VERB,nip,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Amos 3:8 (verbal): Shares the exact lion-roar formula (“The lion hath roared; who will not fear?”). Job’s line echoes the same motif of a roaring lion as a striking proclamation.
  • Psalm 22:13 (thematic): Uses the image of a roaring, ravenous lion threatening the speaker; thematically parallels Job’s use of the lion-roar as a symbol of danger and terror.
  • Psalm 58:6 (verbal): Calls for God to break the teeth of the wicked; echoes Job’s image of broken teeth (of young lions), linking divine retribution or the neutralizing of a predator’s power.
  • Psalm 17:12 (thematic): Speaks of young lions crouching and ready to tear prey, paralleling Job’s reference to 'young lions' (כפירים) and the predator imagery surrounding them.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.
  • The roaring of the lion and the voice of the loud lion are silenced; the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 The lion goes hungry and perishes for lack of prey; the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Job.4.11 - Details

Original Text

ליש אבד מבלי־ טרף ובני לביא יתפרדו׃

Morphology

  • ליש: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אבד: VERB,qal,infabs
  • מבלי: PREP
  • טרף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ובני: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • לביא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יתפרדו: VERB,hitp,imperfect,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 19:2-9 (structural): Uses an extended lament/metaphor of princes as lions whose strength is broken and whose offspring are taken or scattered—closely parallels Job’s image of a predator losing prey and cubs being dispersed.
  • Nahum 2:11-12 (verbal): Speaks of the lions’ den and the feeding place of young lions being desolate—echoes Job’s motif of a predator deprived of prey and its young left without sustenance.
  • Genesis 49:9-10 (allusion): Jacob’s blessing describes Judah as a lion and refers to its ‘whelps’ (descendants); Job’s image of cubs scattered stands in ironic contrast to this promise of strength and continuity.
  • Psalm 17:12-13 (thematic): Portrays hostile, ravening lions and young lions lurking to seize prey—shares the same predatory imagery and the theme of vulnerability when prey is lost or attack fails.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The lion is bereft of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
  • A lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 A word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.

Job.4.12 - Details

Original Text

ואלי דבר יגנב ותקח אזני שמץ מנהו׃

Morphology

  • ואלי: CONJ+PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יגנב: VERB,qal,imf,3,m,sg
  • ותקח: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • אזני: NOUN,f,pl,suff
  • שמץ: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מנהו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 4:13 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same nocturnal revelation—v.13 begins 'in thoughts from the visions of the night,' expanding the secret thing 'brought' in v.12 and describing the vision that followed.
  • Job 33:14-16 (thematic): Elihu's claim that God sometimes speaks 'in a dream, in a vision of the night' and communicates secretly to men parallels Eliphaz's report of a secret nocturnal communication received by his ear.
  • Daniel 2:19 (verbal): Daniel reports that 'the secret was revealed... in a night vision,' echoing the motif of hidden information or revelation brought to a man in sleep/night, similar to Job 4:12's 'a thing was secretly brought to me.'
  • Genesis 28:12 (allusion): Jacob's nocturnal vision of the ladder—God revealing divine truth during sleep—parallels the motif of receiving a secret or revelation by night as in Job 4:12.

Alternative generated candidates

  • A word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.
  • A word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.
13 In visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

Job.4.13 - Details

Original Text

בשעפים מחזינות לילה בנפל תרדמה על־ אנשים׃

Morphology

  • בשעפים: PREP
  • מחזינות: VERB,piel,part,-,f,pl
  • לילה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בנפל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • תרדמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • אנשים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Job 33:15 (verbal): Almost identical language: God communicates in 'a dream, in a vision of the night' when deep sleep falls on people — direct verbal parallel within Job.
  • Job 7:14 (thematic): Speaks of sleep followed by terrifying dreams and visions; connects the theme of nighttime dreams/visions as disturbing or revelatory experiences.
  • Numbers 12:6 (thematic): God's statement that He reveals Himself 'in a vision' and 'in a dream' to prophets — thematically links night visions/dreams with divine revelation.
  • Daniel 7:1 (structural): Narrative introduction describing Daniel's dream/visions 'upon his bed' (night visions) as the setting for prophetic revelation — a comparable structural motif.
  • Matthew 1:20 (thematic): New Testament instance of God communicating via a dream to Joseph; continues the biblical motif of divine messages delivered through nighttime dreams/visions.

Alternative generated candidates

  • In visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,
  • In visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14 terror seized me and trembling, and all my bones were made afraid.

Job.4.14 - Details

Original Text

פחד קראני ורעדה ורב עצמותי הפחיד׃

Morphology

  • פחד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • קראני: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg+OBJ,1,sg
  • ורעדה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • ורב: CONJ+ADJ,m,sg
  • עצמותי: NOUN,f,pl,poss1
  • הפחיד: VERB,hifil,perf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 55:5 (verbal): Uses the same formula of 'fear and trembling' and the sense of overwhelming horror — close verbal and emotional parallel to Job's bodily terror.
  • Philippians 2:12 (verbal): New Testament uses the phrase 'work out your salvation with fear and trembling' — echoes the OT collocation of 'fear and trembling' to denote profound awe or dread.
  • Nahum 2:10 (thematic): Describes intense physical effects of terror ('the heart melts, and the knees smite together'), paralleling Job's depiction of trembling that affects the body.
  • Isaiah 13:7 (thematic): Speaks of bodies and hearts failing under terror ('all hands shall be faint, and every man's heart shall melt'), thematically similar to Job's shaken bones.
  • Hebrews 12:21 (allusion): Refers to an OT moment of overwhelming fear before God ('I exceedingly fear and quake'), echoing the motif of fear and trembling in the face of a terrifying revelation as in Job 4:14.

Alternative generated candidates

  • fear seized me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.
  • terror seized me, and trembling, and my bones were greatly shaken.
15 A wind passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.

Job.4.15 - Details

Original Text

ורוח על־ פני יחלף תסמר שערת בשרי׃

Morphology

  • ורוח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • יחלף: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • תסמר: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • שערת: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • בשרי: NOUN,m,sg,suff

Parallels

  • 1 Samuel 28:13-15 (thematic): A spirit/ghost appears and provokes fear before a man (Saul speaks with Samuel's spirit); parallels Job's report of a spirit passing before his face and the resulting terror.
  • Daniel 10:7-9 (thematic): Daniel's vision produces a violent bodily reaction—trembling, loss of strength, altered appearance—which parallels Job's description of hair standing on end at a spirit's presence.
  • Ezekiel 1:4-7 (structural): A moving wind/spirit and a terrifying visionary appearance characterize Ezekiel's encounter; similar motif of a spirit/ruach moving and eliciting awe and physical disturbance.
  • Psalm 55:5 (Hebrew Psalm 55:5) (verbal): Language of terror and bodily fear—'dread and trembling'/'my flesh trembleth'—echoes Job's bodily reaction ('the hair of my flesh stood up') to a supernatural presence.
  • Revelation 1:17 (thematic): John falls 'as one dead' in response to a heavenly vision; like Job's hair standing on end, this registers the common biblical motif of intense physical collapse or fear in the face of a theophany/vision.

Alternative generated candidates

  • A spirit passed before my face; the hairs of my flesh stood up.
  • A spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood on end.
16 It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form was before my eyes—silence—and then I heard a voice.

Job.4.16 - Details

Original Text

יעמד ׀ ולא־ אכיר מראהו תמונה לנגד עיני דממה וקול אשמע׃

Morphology

  • יעמד: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • ולא: CONJ
  • אכיר: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • מראהו: NOUN,m,sg,abs,3ms-suff
  • תמונה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לנגד: PREP
  • עיני: NOUN,f,pl,cons+1s
  • דממה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וקול: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשמע: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg

Parallels

  • 1 Kings 19:11-12 (verbal): Elijah’s encounter: after dramatic phenomena there is 'the sound of a low whisper' (a 'still small voice')—parallels Job 4:16’s motif of silence followed by a voice.
  • Daniel 10:7-9 (thematic): Daniel describes seeing a terrifying vision, being unable to stand or clearly perceive the form, and then hearing words—echoing the combination of an indistinct vision and an ensuing voice.
  • Job 33:14-16 (thematic): Elihu (within Job) explains that God communicates in dreams and visions, disturbing silence and then speaking—a theological parallel to Eliphaz’s reported vision and the silent-then-voiced encounter.
  • Exodus 33:20,23 (verbal): God’s declaration that no one may see His face (and Moses seeing only God’s back) resonates with the inability to discern the divine form in Job 4:16.

Alternative generated candidates

  • It stood still, but I could not discern its form; a shape was before my eyes—silence—then I heard a voice:
  • It stood still, but I could not discern its form; a likeness was before my eyes—silence—then I heard a voice:
17 Can a mortal be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?

Job.4.17 - Details

Original Text

האנוש מאלוה יצדק אם מעשהו יטהר־ גבר׃

Morphology

  • האנוש: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • מאלוה: PREP
  • יצדק: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אם: CONJ
  • מעשהו: NOUN,m,sg,abs,suf3m
  • יטהר: VERB,niphal,impf,3,m,sg
  • גבר: NOUN,m,sg,prop

Parallels

  • Job 9:2-3 (thematic): Job likewise asks rhetorically whether a man can be right before God, pressing the same theme that mortals cannot claim righteousness or answer God’s judgment.
  • Proverbs 20:9 (verbal): A parallel rhetorical question — 'Who can say, I have made my heart clean?' — which similarly doubts a human’s ability to claim purity before God.
  • Isaiah 64:6 (thematic): Contrasts human 'righteousness' with God’s holiness by depicting human deeds as impure or insufficient, echoing Job’s claim that mortals cannot be pure before their Maker.
  • Romans 3:10-12 (thematic): Paul’s summary that 'none is righteous' reflects the same conviction that humans are not righteous before God, applying the Old Testament critique of human moral capacity in a theological argument.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Can mortal man be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
  • Can man be righteous before God? Can a mortal be pure before his Maker?
18 Behold, he puts no trust in his servants; even his angels he regards as flawed.

Job.4.18 - Details

Original Text

הן בעבדיו לא יאמין ובמלאכיו ישים תהלה׃

Morphology

  • הן: PART
  • בעבדיו: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs+suff-3ms
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יאמין: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ובמלאכיו: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRSuf:3,m,sg
  • ישים: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • תהלה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 104:4 (verbal): Speaks of God’s angels/ministers (Hebrew מְשָׁרְתִים); echoes the language of 'servants' and 'angels' and their role under God, a close lexical parallel to Job’s wording.
  • Psalm 103:20 (thematic): Portrays angels as obedient executors of God’s will — a thematic counterpoint to Eliphaz’s claim that God 'sets his angels to folly,' highlighting different views of angels’ faithfulness.
  • Job 1:6–7 (structural): Depicts the heavenly assembly where 'sons of God'/angels appear before Yahweh; connects to Job’s broader motif of divine scrutiny and the status of celestial beings in the narrative.
  • Hebrews 1:7 (allusion): New Testament citation of Old Testament imagery about angels as God’s servants/ministers; relates to Job’s remark by invoking the same tradition of how angels function relative to God (though applied in a Christological argument).

Alternative generated candidates

  • Behold, he does not put faith in his servants; even among his angels he finds fault.
  • Behold, in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error.
19 How much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust—who are crushed and perish.

Job.4.19 - Details

Original Text

אף ׀ שכני בתי־ חמר אשר־ בעפר יסודם ידכאום לפני־ עש׃

Morphology

  • אף: ADV
  • שכני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • בתי: NOUN,f,sg,abs,1cs
  • חמר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בעפר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יסודם: NOUN,m,pl,abs,3mp
  • ידכאום: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • לפני: PREP
  • עש: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Isaiah 64:8 (verbal): Uses the clay/potter imagery ('we are the clay') like Job’s 'houses of clay,' emphasizing human dependence and fragility before God.
  • Jeremiah 18:6 (verbal): 'Like clay in the potter’s hand'—another close image of human malleability and vulnerability comparable to 'houses of clay... whose foundation is in the dust.'
  • Psalm 103:14 (thematic): Speaks of human frailty—'he remembers that we are dust'—paralleling Job’s emphasis on humans as clay/dust and easily crushed.
  • Psalm 90:5–6 (thematic): Portrays human life as transient and fragile ('you sweep them away; they are like a dream' / 'like grass'), echoing Job’s point about the precariousness of those in 'houses of clay.'

Alternative generated candidates

  • How much less those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?
  • How much more those who dwell in houses of clay—whose foundation is in the dust—who are crushed like a moth!
20 From morning to evening they are beaten down; at dusk they are cut off—forever—without regard.

Job.4.20 - Details

Original Text

מבקר לערב יכתו מבלי משים לנצח יאבדו׃

Morphology

  • מבקר: PREP
  • לערב: PREP
  • יכתו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • מבלי: PREP
  • משים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • לנצח: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יאבדו: VERB,qal,impf,3,mp

Parallels

  • Job 14:1-2 (thematic): Speaks of human transience and sudden perishing—'man born of woman... few days,' like a flower that withers, echoing Job 4:20's theme of swift destruction.
  • Job 7:6-7 (structural): Uses imagery of the swiftness and brevity of life ('my days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; my life is but a breath'), paralleling the suddenness and short span expressed in Job 4:20.
  • Psalm 103:15-16 (thematic): Compares human life to grass and a passing flower—emphasizing mortality and quick end, a common biblical motif with Job 4:20's portrayal of perishing from morning to evening.
  • Isaiah 40:6-8 (verbal): Declares 'all flesh is grass' and that grass withers, underscoring the transient nature of human life in language closely related to the imagery of sudden perishing in Job 4:20.
  • Psalm 39:5-6 (thematic): Reflects on the brevity and futility of life ('thou hast made my days as an handbreadth... every man at his best state is altogether vanity'), resonating with Job 4:20's depiction of rapid, unnoticed loss of life.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They are broken from morning to evening; they perish forever, with no one regarding.
  • They are broken in the morning and crushed at evening; they perish forever without insight.
21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die—without wisdom.

Job.4.21 - Details

Original Text

הלא־ נסע יתרם בם ימותו ולא בחכמה׃

Morphology

  • הלא: PART
  • נסע: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יתרם: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,pl
  • בם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • ימותו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • ולא: CONJ
  • בחכמה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Job 4:9 (verbal): In the same Eliphaz speech God’s action is said to make the wicked perish (“By the blast of God they perish”), echoing 4:21’s assertion that they die (not by wisdom).
  • Job 18:20-21 (thematic): Bildad’s depiction of the fate of the wicked—sudden ruin and disappearance—parallels Eliphaz’s claim that the wicked die and suffer destruction.
  • Psalm 37:20 (thematic): Affirms that the wicked will perish and vanish like smoke, a parallel theme of the abrupt end of the godless found in Job 4:21.
  • Proverbs 1:32 (thematic): Links death to folly—'the turning away of the simple shall slay them'—resonating with 4:21’s note that their death is not due to wisdom.
  • Proverbs 14:12 (thematic): States that paths seeming right to people can lead to death, echoing the contrast between lack of wisdom and the fatal outcome suggested in Job 4:21.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Is not their tent-peg plucked up within them? They die — and without wisdom.
  • Is not their tent-peg torn up within them? They die—without wisdom.
1 Call now—who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Job.5.1 - Details

Original Text

קרא־ נא היש עונך ואל־ מי מקדשים תפנה׃

Morphology

  • קרא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • נא: PART
  • היש: PART,exist
  • עונך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2ms
  • ואל: CONJ+PREP
  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • מקדשים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • תפנה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 23:3-4 (thematic): Both passages treat the problem of where to appeal and who will answer. Job expresses a desire to find God’s presence to bring his case, paralleling Eliphaz’s rhetorical question about who will answer or to which ‘holy ones’ one can turn.
  • Psalm 82:1 (allusion): Psalm 82 depicts God in the assembly/congregation of the mighty (divine council). Eliphaz’s reference to ‘holy ones’ (מקדשים) echoes this council imagery—raising the question of human recourse before heavenly beings.
  • Job 1:6 (allusion): Job 1:6 portrays the ‘sons of God’ presenting themselves before Yahweh, reflecting the biblical motif of a heavenly assembly. Eliphaz’s mention of turning to ‘holy ones’ implicitly recalls this celestial court context.
  • Zechariah 3:1 (thematic): Zechariah 3:1 presents a heavenly courtroom scene with an accuser and the need for an advocate. That courtroom imagery parallels Eliphaz’s challenge—if one calls, who among the heavenly/intercessory figures will answer or intercede?

Alternative generated candidates

  • Call now—who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
  • Call now—who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For fury kills the foolish, and jealousy slays the naive.

Job.5.2 - Details

Original Text

כי־ לאויל יהרג־ כעש ופתה תמית קנאה׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • לאויל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהרג: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • כעש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ופתה: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • תמית: VERB,qal,imf,2,m,sg
  • קנאה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Proverbs 27:4 (verbal): Pairs wrath/anger with envy as destructive forces; closely parallels Job’s coupling of rage and jealousy as deadly.
  • Proverbs 14:30 (thematic): Describes envy as internal corruption ('rottenness of the bones'), echoing Job’s depiction of envy as ruinous and life‑threatening.
  • Genesis 4:8 (thematic): The Cain‑and‑Abel episode provides a concrete narrative instance where jealousy leads to murder, illustrating Job’s general claim that envy kills.
  • Proverbs 6:34 (verbal): Explicitly links jealousy to rage and violent retribution, paralleling the idea that jealousy drives one to kill.
  • James 3:16 (thematic): New Testament parallel stating that envying and strife produce disorder and every evil work, echoing the destructive consequences of envy in Job.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For wrath kills a fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
  • For the wrath of the fool kills him, and jealousy slays the simple.
3 I have seen the fool established in prosperity, yet suddenly his habitation is cursed.

Job.5.3 - Details

Original Text

א‍ני־ ראיתי אויל משריש ואקוב נוהו פתאם׃

Morphology

  • א: PRT
  • ני: PRON,1,sg,clitic
  • ראיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • אויל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • משריש: VERB,qal,ptc,3,m,sg
  • ואקוב: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • נוהו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
  • פתאם: ADV

Parallels

  • Psalm 92:7 (verbal): Speaks of the wicked flourishing for a time and then being cut off—parallels the image of one who takes root but is suddenly removed.
  • Psalm 37:35-36 (thematic): The psalmist reports seeing the wicked prosper and then vanish unexpectedly, echoing the observation of a fool taking root and then being cursed.
  • Job 21:18 (thematic): Describes the fate of the wicked as ephemeral—likened to stubble or chaff swept away—paralleling sudden ruin after apparent establishment.
  • Proverbs 10:25 (thematic): When the storm passes the wicked are no more, while the righteous are established—reflects sudden destruction of those who seemed rooted.
  • Job 8:11-12 (verbal): Bildad’s plant imagery (papyrus/reeds that wither quickly despite vigor) parallels the motif of something that takes root yet is suddenly cut down.

Alternative generated candidates

  • I have seen the fool take root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
  • I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4 His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate and there is no one to deliver.

Job.5.4 - Details

Original Text

ירחקו בניו מישע וידכאו בשער ואין מציל׃

Morphology

  • ירחקו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בניו: NOUN,m,pl,cs
  • מישע: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וידכאו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בשער: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואין: CONJ+PART,exist
  • מציל: VERB,qal,part,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 28:32 (thematic): As part of the covenant curses, children are taken away and the people are left powerless and longing—paralleling the imagery of offspring removed from the gate and no one to rescue them.
  • Job 19:14–19 (structural): Job laments abandonment by kin and friends and the absence of a helper or advocate—echoing the theme of isolation and ‘no savior’ in Eliphaz’s description.
  • Ezekiel 7:19 (thematic): In prophetic announcements of judgment wealth and defenses cannot save the people; there is no deliverer—paralleling the hopelessness expressed by ‘and there is no savior.’
  • Lamentations 5:3–4 (thematic): Lamentations pictures children and the young struck down and the community brought to public shame and helplessness under siege, resonating with the image of offspring crushed and no rescuer at the gate.

Alternative generated candidates

  • His children are far from safety and are crushed in the gate; there is no one to rescue them.
  • His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and no one delivers them.
5 His harvest is eaten by the hungry; he will not gather it, and marauders will take it away.

Job.5.5 - Details

Original Text

אשר קצירו ׀ רעב יאכל ואל־ מצנים יקחהו ושאף צמים חילם׃

Morphology

  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • קצירו: NOUN,m,sg,abs,3ms
  • רעב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יאכל: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ואל: CONJ+PREP
  • מצנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יקחהו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ושאף: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • צמים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • חילם: NOUN,m,sg,abs,prsfx=3mp

Parallels

  • Proverbs 6:30 (thematic): Expresses similar moral observation that theft committed to satisfy hunger is treated differently—links hunger as motive for taking what belongs to another.
  • Job 24:8-10 (structural): Within the same book, these verses depict social disorder—people seizing others' property, fields and flocks, and the hungry/poor being plundered, echoing the image of harvest taken by the starving.
  • Deuteronomy 24:19-22 (thematic): Prescribes leaving gleanings of the harvest for the poor and stranger, presenting the legal/ethical counterpoint to the desperate seizure of another's crop implied in Job 5:5.
  • Ruth 2:2-3 (thematic): Narrative example of a poor/widowed woman gleaning in a field because of famine and need—an instance of hunger-driven access to others' harvest rather than outright theft.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The hungry consume his harvest and even seize it from among thorns; the thirsty snatch away his goods.
  • The hungry consume his harvest; at noon the devourers feed on him, and they will not be satisfied.
6 For calamity does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground.

Job.5.6 - Details

Original Text

כי ׀ לא־ יצא מעפר און ומאדמה לא־ יצמח עמל׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יצא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • מעפר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • און: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ומאדמה: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יצמח: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • עמל: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Amos 3:6 (thematic): Asserts that calamity does not occur by chance but comes from the LORD (or has a divine cause), echoing Job 5:6's claim that trouble does not simply 'sprout from the ground.'
  • Isaiah 45:7 (thematic): Speaks of God's sovereign role in creating calamity as well as well-being, resonating with Job's assertion that affliction is not accidental but has a source beyond mere earth.
  • Proverbs 16:4 (thematic): Declares that God has ordained everything, including the wicked for the day of trouble, aligning with the idea that misfortune does not arise spontaneously from the ground.
  • Jeremiah 18:7-10 (structural): Describes how a nation's destiny (disaster or prosperity) follows from its behavior and God's response—paralleling Job 5:6's implication that calamity has causes tied to divine justice or moral order.
  • Job 4:7 (verbal): Within the same book, Eliphaz (in Job 4) links human suffering to moral cause and effect ('Consider: who, being innocent, has ever perished?'), echoing the causal logic of 5:6.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For affliction does not rise from the dust, nor does trouble spring from the ground.
  • For calamity does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
7 But man is born to toil, like sparks that fly upward.

Job.5.7 - Details

Original Text

כי־ אדם לעמל יולד ובני־ רשף יגביהו עוף׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • אדם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לעמל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יולד: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ובני: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • רשף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יגביהו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • עוף: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Job 14:1 (verbal): Very close verbal/theme: 'Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble' echoes Job 5:7's assertion that man is born to trouble.
  • Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 (thematic): Reflects the same theme of human toil and vexation—much labor yields sorrow and no lasting gain, paralleling the idea that life is marked by trouble.
  • Genesis 3:17-19 (thematic): Provides etiological background: the curse on the ground makes human life one of toil and hardship, thematically explaining why humans are 'born to trouble.'
  • Psalm 90:10 (thematic): Speaks of human frailty and life marked by labor and sorrow ('the days of our years... are labor and sorrow'), echoing Job's observation about the lot of humanity.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For man is born to toil, and like sparks the sons of his striving fly upward.
  • yet man is born to toil, as sparks fly upward.
8 Yet I would seek God and would present my case to God.

Job.5.8 - Details

Original Text

אולם אני אדרש אל־ אל ואל־ אלהים אשים דברתי׃

Morphology

  • אולם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • אדרש: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • אל: NEG
  • ואל: CONJ+PREP
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • אשים: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • דברתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,c,sg

Parallels

  • Proverbs 16:3 (verbal): Explicitly parallels the language of committing one's work/cause to the LORD—'Commit thy works unto the LORD' echoes 'to God would I commit my cause.'
  • Psalm 37:5 (verbal): 'Commit thy way unto the LORD' parallels Job's resolve to seek God and entrust his cause to God—same act of entrusting life/rights to God.
  • Psalm 26:1 (thematic): A plea for God’s judgment—'Judge me, O LORD' reflects the theme of appealing to God as arbiter of one's cause and integrity.
  • Job 16:19 (structural): Within Job the speaker likewise appeals upward ('my witness is in heaven')—both verses show Job turning to God as ultimate witness/judge for his case.
  • 1 Peter 5:7 (thematic): 'Casting all your care upon him' expresses the same theological idea of entrusting one’s burdens and affairs to God as Job declares in 5:8.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.
  • But as for me, I would seek God; to God I would commit my case.
9 He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

Job.5.9 - Details

Original Text

עשה גדלות ואין חקר נפלאות עד־ אין מספר׃

Morphology

  • עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • גדלות: ADJ,f,pl,abs
  • ואין: CONJ+PART,exist
  • חקר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נפלאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • עד: PREP
  • אין: PART,neg
  • מספר: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 9:10 (verbal): Very close verbal parallel — speaks of God doing great/wondrous works that cannot be numbered or searched out (same theme and similar wording).
  • Psalm 145:3 (verbal): Declares God's greatness and that his greatness is unsearchable (Hebrew uses 'גודל' and 'אין חקר'), echoing Job's language about God's inscrutable wonders.
  • Psalm 40:5 (thematic): Speaks of the many wonderful works of the LORD and how his purposes toward us cannot be enumerated — parallels the idea of innumerable, marvelous acts of God.
  • Romans 11:33 (allusion): Paul's doxology about the depth and unsearchable nature of God's wisdom and judgments echoes the OT theme of God's wondrous, inscrutable works.
  • Psalm 147:5 (thematic): Affirms the greatness and infinite understanding/power of God, resonating with Job's emphasis on God's vast, unsearchable deeds.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
  • He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 He gives rain on the earth and sends waters upon the fields.

Job.5.10 - Details

Original Text

הנתן מטר על־ פני־ ארץ ושלח מים על־ פני חוצות׃

Morphology

  • הנתן: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • מטר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ארץ: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ושלח: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • מים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • על: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • חוצות: NOUN,f,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 147:8 (verbal): Speaks of God covering the heavens with clouds and supplying rain for the earth—language closely parallel to God giving rain and sending waters upon the land.
  • Psalm 65:9-10 (thematic): Describes God visiting and watering the earth, enriching it and preparing grain—thematic parallel emphasizing God as provider of rain and fertility.
  • Deuteronomy 11:14 (thematic): God's promise to give the early and latter rains so crops may grow—shares the theme of divine provision of rain for the land.
  • Genesis 8:22 (structural): After the flood God guarantees the regularity of seasons and conditions for sowing and reaping—connects to the idea of God controlling rain and the sustenance of the earth.
  • Joel 2:23 (verbal): Assures Zion that God will send the early rain and latter rain—verbal and thematic parallel about God sending rain to revive the land.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields.
  • He gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields.
11 He lifts the lowly on high and raises up those who are bowed down.

Job.5.11 - Details

Original Text

לשום שפלים למרום וקדרים שגבו ישע׃

Morphology

  • לשום: VERB,qal,inf
  • שפלים: ADJ,m,pl
  • למרום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וקדרים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • שגבו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • ישע: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 1 Samuel 2:8 (verbal): Hannah’s song uses near-identical language about God raising the poor from the dust and lifting the needy, mirroring Job’s image of God exalting the lowly.
  • Psalm 113:7-8 (verbal): Psalm praises Yahweh who raises the poor and lifts the needy, closely echoing Job’s theme of God’s reversal of human fortunes.
  • Isaiah 61:1-3 (thematic): Isaiah speaks of comforting mourners and bestowing honor and gladness—parallel to Job’s motif of God elevating the lowly and rescuing those in sorrow.
  • Luke 1:52-53 (allusion): Mary’s Magnificat echoes the OT pattern of God casting down the mighty and exalting the humble, reflecting Job’s theme of social reversal by divine action.
  • 1 Peter 5:6 (thematic): Peter exhorts believers to humble themselves so God may lift them up, applying Job’s theological principle of God’s exaltation of the lowly to Christian ethics.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He lifts up the lowly to high places and rescues those whose spirits were bowed.
  • He lifts the lowly to high places and lifts up those bowed down to safety.
12 He thwarts the devices of the crafty, and their hands cannot achieve success.

Job.5.12 - Details

Original Text

מפר מחשבות ערומים ולא־ תעשינה ידיהם תושיה׃

Morphology

  • מפר: VERB,qal,ptc,ms,sg
  • מחשבות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • ערומים: ADJ,m,pl
  • ולא: CONJ
  • תעשינה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl
  • ידיהם: NOUN,f,pl,abs+3,m,pl
  • תושיה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 33:10-11 (verbal): God frustrates the plans/counsels of nations and peoples—language closely parallels Job 5:12’s idea that God thwarts the devices of the crafty.
  • Proverbs 21:30 (verbal): States that no plan can succeed against the LORD, echoing Job’s assertion that God makes the schemes of the crafty come to nothing.
  • Isaiah 8:10 (verbal): “Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted…” — a direct verbal/thematic echo of plans being frustrated by divine action.
  • Proverbs 19:21 (thematic): Affirms that many human plans exist but the LORD’s purpose prevails, reflecting the theme that human schemes are ultimately overruled by God.
  • Job 12:14-16 (structural): Within Job’s own book: emphasizes God’s control over building and destroying and the inability of human projects to stand against his will, a close thematic parallel to 5:12.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands do not accomplish their schemes.
  • He thwarts the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot carry out their plans.
13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the counsel of the schemers comes to nothing.

Job.5.13 - Details

Original Text

לכד חכמים בערמם ועצת נפתלים נמהרה׃

Morphology

  • לכד: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • חכמים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • בערמם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,pl
  • ועצת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • נפתלים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • נמהרה: VERB,niphal,perf,3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 33:10 (verbal): Uses near-identical language about God bringing the counsel/plans of peoples to nothing — parallel idea of God thwarting human schemes.
  • Proverbs 21:30 (thematic): Asserts that no human wisdom or counsel can stand against the Lord, echoing Job's claim that the crafty are caught by their own devices under God's sovereignty.
  • Isaiah 8:10 (verbal): Declares that plotted counsel will be broken and words will not succeed — similar wording and the motif of counsel failing in the face of divine action.
  • Psalm 2:1–4 (thematic): Describes nations and rulers plotting in vain and God’s sovereign laughter/derision, thematically matching the idea that human cunning is ultimately overruled by God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He seizes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the treacherous comes to ruin.
  • He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning comes to nothing.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime; in broad daylight they grope as in the night.

Job.5.14 - Details

Original Text

יומם יפגשו־ חשך וכלילה ימששו בצהרים׃

Morphology

  • יומם: ADV
  • יפגשו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • חשך: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • וכלילה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ימששו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בצהרים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Isaiah 59:10 (verbal): Near verbal parallel: both speak of groping/stumbling as the blind and stumbling at noonday as if it were night (’we grope… we stumble at noon as in the night’).
  • Amos 8:9 (allusion): Image of darkness at midday—'I will make the sun go down at noon'—echoes Job’s motif of darkness and disorientation in broad daylight.
  • Proverbs 4:19 (thematic): Speaks of the way of the wicked as deep darkness so that they do not know where they stumble, paralleling the theme of moral/spiritual blindness and stumbling in light.
  • Psalm 82:5 (verbal): Describes lack of knowledge and walking about in darkness (stumbling/ignorance), resonating with Job’s depiction of people groping and being unable to see even at midday.

Alternative generated candidates

  • By day they meet with darkness; at noon they grope as in the night.
  • By day they meet with darkness, and at noon they grope as in the night.
15 He rescues the poor from the sword, from the mouth of the oppressor and from the hand of the violent.

Job.5.15 - Details

Original Text

וישע מחרב מפיהם ומיד חזק אביון׃

Morphology

  • וישע: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • מחרב: PREP
  • מפיהם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,pl
  • ומיד: CONJ+PREP
  • חזק: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • אביון: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Proverbs 22:22-23 (verbal): Warns against robbing the poor because the LORD will plead their cause and take vengeance on oppressors—parallels Job’s assertion that God saves the poor from the hand of the mighty.
  • Psalm 72:4,12 (thematic): Speaks of the ruler who will judge the poor, save the needy, and break the oppressor—echoes the theme of divine rescue and protection for the poor in Job 5:15.
  • Psalm 34:6-7 (thematic): ‘This poor man cried, and the LORD heard… the angel of the LORD delivers them’—a direct portrayal of God’s deliverance of the afflicted that parallels Job’s claim that God rescues the needy from danger.
  • Isaiah 41:17 (thematic): Promises that when the poor and needy cry, God will hear and help them—resonates with Job’s depiction of God saving the lowly from powerful adversaries.
  • Psalm 9:9-10 (thematic): Declares the LORD a refuge for the oppressed who trust in him and that he will not forget the cry of the afflicted—parallels Job’s theme of God’s care and rescue of the poor.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He saves the needy from the sword, from the mouth of the oppressor and from the hand of the mighty.
  • He delivers the needy from the sword, from their mouth; and from the hand of the mighty he redeems them.
16 Then the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Job.5.16 - Details

Original Text

ותהי לדל תקוה ועלתה קפצה פיה׃

Morphology

  • ותהי: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • לדל: VERB,qal,inf
  • תקוה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ועלתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • קפצה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • פיה: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,f

Parallels

  • Psalm 9:18 (9:19 Heb.) (verbal): Both texts speak nearly the same idea in Hebrew: the needy/poor will not be forgotten and their hope will not perish — closely echoes Job's 'the poor have hope.'
  • Proverbs 10:28 (thematic): Contrasts hope and ruin: 'The hope of the righteous is gladness, the expectation of the wicked shall perish' — parallels Job's theme of hope for the lowly and the defeat/silencing of the wicked.
  • Romans 3:19 (verbal): Uses the image of stopping the mouth ('every mouth may be stopped') in the context of judgment — parallels Job's phrase about iniquity's mouth being silenced by divine justice.
  • Psalm 146:7-9 (thematic): Describes God executing justice for the oppressed, giving food to the hungry and freeing the prisoners — thematically parallels Job's assurance that the poor gain hope and the unjust are checked.

Alternative generated candidates

  • So the poor have hope, and injustice shall close its mouth.
  • So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Behold, blessed is the man whom God reproves; do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Job.5.17 - Details

Original Text

הנה אשרי אנוש יוכחנו אלוה ומוסר שדי אל־ תמאס׃

Morphology

  • הנה: PART
  • אשרי: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • אנוש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יוכחנו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אלוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ומוסר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שדי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אל: NEG
  • תמאס: VERB,qal,impf,2,f,sg

Parallels

  • Proverbs 3:11-12 (quotation): Very close in thought and phrasing: do not despise the LORD’s chastening, for the LORD disciplines the one he loves (father/son corrective discipline).
  • Hebrews 12:5-6 (quotation): New Testament citation of Proverbs 3:11–12 applied to believers: 'My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord… For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth'—parallels Job’s affirmation that the corrected man is blessed.
  • Psalm 94:12 (verbal): Uses near-identical language: 'Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD,' linking blessing with God’s correction as in Job 5:17.
  • Hebrews 12:7-11 (thematic): Develops the theme that God’s discipline is loving, corrective, and for our benefit (training/fruit of righteousness), resonating with Job’s positive appraisal of divine chastening.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Behold, blessed is the man whom God reproves; do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
  • Behold, blessed is the man whom God reproves; do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he wounds and he binds up; he shatters and his hands heal.

Job.5.18 - Details

Original Text

כי הוא יכאיב ויחבש ימחץ וידיו תרפינה׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • יכאיב: VERB,piel,imf,3,m,sg
  • ויחבש: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • ימחץ: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • וידיו: NOUN,f,pl,suff3ms
  • תרפינה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl

Parallels

  • Psalm 147:3 (thematic): Speaks of God healing the brokenhearted and binding up their wounds, echoing the theme of divine wounding followed by restoration in Job 5:18.
  • Psalm 103:3 (verbal): Attributes healing of diseases to God (‘who heals all your diseases’), paralleling Job’s affirmation that God wounds but also heals.
  • Jeremiah 30:17 (verbal): God promises to restore health and heal the wounds of Israel—language of healing after affliction closely matching the healing aspect of Job 5:18.
  • Isaiah 53:5 (thematic): Portrays suffering and its redemptive/curative outcome (‘by his wounds we are healed’), resonating with the paradox in Job 5:18 of divine affliction bringing restoration.
  • Job 33:24-25 (thematic): Elihu’s description of God delivering and renewing a sufferer’s flesh parallels the motif within Job of divine affliction followed by rescue and healing.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For he wounds and then binds up; he strikes down, and his hands make whole.
  • For he wounds, and he binds up; he strikes, and his hands heal.
19 In six troubles he will rescue you, and in seven no harm will touch you.

Job.5.19 - Details

Original Text

בשש צרות יצילך ובשבע ׀ לא־ יגע בך רע׃

Morphology

  • בשש: PREP+NUM,card,sg
  • צרות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • יצילך: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg,suf,2,ms
  • ובשבע: CONJ+PREP+NUM,card,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יגע: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • בך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • רע: ADJ,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 91:10 (verbal): Shares near-verbatim assurance of protection—'no evil shall befall you' / 'no plague shall come near your tent' echoes Job’s 'no evil shall touch you.'
  • Psalm 34:19 (thematic): Affirms the theme that the righteous endure many troubles but God delivers them from all—parallel to 'in six troubles he will deliver you.'
  • Isaiah 54:17 (thematic): Promises divine protection against hostile forces—'no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper' resonates with Job’s assurance of being untouched by evil.
  • Exodus 12:13 (thematic): The Passover promise that God will 'pass over' and no plague will destroy the protected household parallels the motif of deliverance from calamity.
  • Deuteronomy 7:15 (thematic): God’s promise to remove sickness and secure Israel from harm echoes the assurance that God delivers and keeps the righteous from evil.

Alternative generated candidates

  • In six troubles he will deliver you; in seven no evil shall touch you.
  • In six troubles he will deliver you, and in seven no evil shall touch you.
20 He will redeem you from death in famine and from the power of the sword in war.

Job.5.20 - Details

Original Text

ברעב פדך ממות ובמלחמה מידי חרב׃

Morphology

  • ברעב: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • פדך: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ממות: PREP,NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ובמלחמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מידי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • חרב: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 33:19 (verbal): Speaks almost verbatim of God rescuing the soul from death and preserving life in famine — a close verbal and thematic parallel to Job 5:20.
  • Proverbs 10:3 (verbal): States that the LORD will not let the righteous go hungry (literally 'suffer the soul of the righteous to famish'), echoing Job's promise of deliverance from famine.
  • Psalm 91:5-7 (thematic): Promises protection from deadly threats (terror, arrows, pestilence) so that disaster 'shall not come near'—paralleling Job's rescue 'in war from the sword.'
  • Isaiah 43:2 (thematic): Assures God's presence and preservation through life‑threatening perils (waters, fire), thematically matching the idea of divine rescue from death in famine or battle.
  • Psalm 34:19 (thematic): Affirms that though the righteous face many troubles, the LORD delivers them from them all — a general promise of rescue that underlies Job's statement about deliverance from famine and the sword.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He will redeem you from death in famine and from the power of the sword in war.
  • In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You will be hidden from the lash of the tongue and will not fear destruction when it comes.

Job.5.21 - Details

Original Text

בשוט לשון תחבא ולא־ תירא משד כי יבוא׃

Morphology

  • בשוט: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לשון: NOUN,f,sg,constr
  • תחבא: VERB,qal,impf,3,fs
  • ולא: CONJ
  • תירא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • משד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • יבוא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 31:20 (verbal): Speaks of being hidden/protected in God's presence 'from accusing tongues'—directly parallels Job's promise of protection from the lash of the tongue.
  • Isaiah 54:17 (verbal): Promises that 'every tongue that rises against you in judgment you shall condemn'—parallels Job's assurance that one need not fear the attack of the tongue.
  • Proverbs 21:23 (thematic): 'Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble'—connects with the theme of the tongue as a source of danger and the hope of avoiding its harm.
  • Proverbs 18:21 (thematic): 'Death and life are in the power of the tongue'—underscores the destructive potential of speech that Job seeks protection from.
  • Psalm 64:3-4 (thematic): Describes tongues as sharpened weapons ('they sharpen their tongues like a sword')—echoes the imagery of verbal assault and the need for deliverance found in Job 5:21.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you shall not fear sudden devastation when it comes.
  • You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; you shall not fear the destruction when it comes.
22 You will laugh at ravage and famine, and shall not fear the beasts of the land.

Job.5.22 - Details

Original Text

לשד ולכפן תשחק ומחית הארץ אל־ תירא׃

Morphology

  • לשד: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולכפן: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • תשחק: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • ומחית: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אל: NEG
  • תירא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 91:5-7 (thematic): Both promise freedom from fear of deadly threats (terror, pestilence, 'beasts of the earth'); a theme of divine protection so the righteous need not fear calamity.
  • Proverbs 3:25-26 (thematic): Advises not to fear sudden alarm or destruction because the LORD is your confidence and protector—paralleling Job’s assurance against fearing famine and predators.
  • Isaiah 41:10 (thematic): God’s command 'Fear not' coupled with the promise of help and upholdment echoes the confidence expressed in Job 5:22 toward danger and destruction.
  • Psalm 46:2-3 (thematic): Declares no fear even if the earth gives way or waters roar—a poetic parallel to laughing at destruction and famine, reflecting trust that overcomes natural catastrophe.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall laugh at ruin and famine; you shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
  • You will laugh at the destroyer and at famine; do not fear the beasts of the land.
23 For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

Job.5.23 - Details

Original Text

כי עם־ אבני השדה בריתך וחית השדה השלמה־ לך׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • עם: PREP
  • אבני: NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • השדה: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • בריתך: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • וחית: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • השדה: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • השלמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Hosea 2:18 (verbal): Speaks of God making a ‘covenant’ with the beasts of the field (and birds/creeping things) — close verbal parallel to Job’s image of a covenant/peace with the field’s creatures.
  • Genesis 9:12-17 (structural): The Noahic covenant is established with Noah, his descendants and 'every living creature' — a structural parallel of divine covenantal relationship that includes animals.
  • Isaiah 11:6-9 (thematic): Eschatological vision of harmony between humans and animals (wolf with lamb, lion with ox) — thematically parallels Job’s motif of peace between a person and the beasts of the field.
  • Ezekiel 34:25 (thematic): God promises 'a covenant of peace' and protection so that wild beasts no longer harm the people — closely parallels Job’s promise of peace with the beasts under a covenantal frame.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For you shall make covenant with the stones of the field, and the animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
  • For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild beasts shall be at peace with you.
24 Then you will know that your tent is at peace; you will inspect your dwelling and not be shaken.

Job.5.24 - Details

Original Text

וידעת כי־ שלום אהלך ופקדת נוך ולא תחטא׃

Morphology

  • וידעת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • שלום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אהלך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2fs
  • ופקדת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • נוך: NOUN,m,sg,suff2m
  • ולא: CONJ
  • תחטא: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 4:8 (verbal): Both speak of lying down in peace and safe repose under God's care ('I will both lay me down in peace' parallels 'thy tent is in peace').
  • Proverbs 3:23-24 (verbal): Promises of safe walking and untroubled sleep ('then shalt thou walk in thy way safely... when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid') echo Job's assurance of peaceful dwelling and freedom from sin/fear.
  • Psalm 91:1-2 (thematic): The motif of dwelling in God’s protection and finding security ('He that dwelleth in the secret place... shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty') parallels Job's image of a peaceful, secure tent.
  • Isaiah 32:18 (verbal): Speaks of 'peaceful habitation' and 'secure dwellings,' closely paralleling the language and theme of a tent/house kept in peace in Job 5:24.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And you shall know that your tent is in peace; you shall visit your dwelling and find no fault.
  • And you shall know that your tent is at peace; you shall look about your dwelling and shall not sin.
25 You will know that your offspring are many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

Job.5.25 - Details

Original Text

וידעת כי־ רב זרעך וצאצאיך כעשב הארץ׃

Morphology

  • וידעת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • רב: ADJ,m,sg
  • זרעך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • וצאצאיך: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • כעשב: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 22:17 (verbal): God's promise to Abraham to 'multiply your seed'—compares offspring to innumerable elements (stars/sand), paralleling Job's assurance of many descendants.
  • Genesis 28:14 (verbal): God's promise to Jacob that his offspring 'shall be like the dust of the earth' — a close verbal/similar-imagery parallel to 'like the grass of the earth.'
  • Deuteronomy 28:11-12 (thematic): Part of the covenant blessing that includes fruitfulness and increase of offspring and possessions—echoes the theme of abundant progeny and prosperity.
  • Isaiah 54:3 (allusion): Promise that the people will expand and their offspring will inherit nations—resonates thematically with assurance of multiplication and flourishing descendants.
  • Psalm 112:2 (thematic): Speaks of the righteous' descendants being powerful and blessed in the land—parallels Job's emphasis on the prosperity and multitude of one's offspring.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall know that your offspring will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
  • And you shall know that your seed will be many, and your offspring like the grass of the field.
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf gathered in its season.

Job.5.26 - Details

Original Text

תבוא בכלח אלי־ קבר כעלות גדיש בעתו׃

Morphology

  • תבוא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • בכלח: PREP
  • אלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • קבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כעלות: PREP
  • גדיש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בעתו: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+3ms

Parallels

  • Psalm 90:10-12 (thematic): Both passages reflect on the brevity and measure of human life and the need to account for days; Job 5:26 speaks of arriving at the grave 'in full age,' Psalm 90 emphasizes the shortness of years and asks for wisdom to number days.
  • Psalm 92:12-15 (thematic): Uses the image of flourishing and fruitfulness in old age (the righteous 'still bear fruit in old age'), paralleling Job's image of coming to the grave 'like a shock of grain in its season' — ripeness and fulfillment at life's end.
  • Job 14:1-2 (structural): An intra‑book parallel: Job 14 depicts human life as fleeting like a flower that withers, providing a thematic counterpoint within Job to the more hopeful image in 5:26 of reaching the grave in maturity.
  • Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (structural): Frames life in ordained seasons — 'a time to be born, and a time to die' — echoing the seasonal/harvest metaphor of Job 5:26 (death as arrival at the proper season, like grain gathered in due time).

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall come to your grave in full age, like a sheaf gathered in its season.
  • You shall come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf gathered in its season.
27 Behold, this we have explored; it is so. Hear it, and know it for yourself.

Job.5.27 - Details

Original Text

הנה־ זאת חקרנוה כן־ היא שמענה ואתה דע־ לך׃

Morphology

  • הנה: PART
  • זאת: DEM,f,sg
  • חקרנוה: VERB,qal,perf,1,pl
  • כן: ADV
  • היא: PRON,dem,3,f,sg
  • שמענה: VERB,qal,imp,2,f,pl
  • ואתה: CONJ+PRON,2,m,sg
  • דע: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Proverbs 25:2 (verbal): Both verses use the language of 'searching out' a matter; Proverbs states that it is the honor of rulers to search out matters, echoing Job 5:27's claim 'this we have searched out.'
  • Ecclesiastes 1:13 (verbal): Ecclesiastes explicitly recounts applying the heart to 'seek and to search out' by wisdom, paralleling Job's assertion that the speaker has investigated and found the truth.
  • Acts 17:11 (thematic): The Bereans 'searched the Scriptures' to verify teaching — thematically similar to Job's call to hear and personally know the truth after investigation.
  • Job 12:11 (thematic): Within Job itself, this verse emphasizes testing and discerning words ('Does not the ear try words?'), resonating with 5:27's injunction 'hear, and know for yourself.'

Alternative generated candidates

  • Behold, this we have searched out; it is so. Hear it, and know it for yourself.
  • Behold, we have searched this out; so it is. Hear it, and know it for yourself.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

If one should test you with words, would you be weary? Who can restrain speech?

Behold, you have instructed many and have strengthened hands that were weak.

You would lift up those who stumble; you steadied knees that were giving way. But now trouble has come upon you; sorrow has drawn near, and distress has seized you.

Was not your reverence your confidence, your hope and the integrity of your ways?

Remember now: who that was innocent ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?

As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap it.

By the breath of God they perish; by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

The roar of the lion and the cry of the lioness are stilled, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.

The lion goes hungry and perishes for lack of prey; the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

A word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.

In visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

terror seized me and trembling, and all my bones were made afraid.

A wind passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form was before my eyes—silence—and then I heard a voice.

Can a mortal be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?

Behold, he puts no trust in his servants; even his angels he regards as flawed.

How much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust—who are crushed and perish.

From morning to evening they are beaten down; at dusk they are cut off—forever—without regard.

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die—without wisdom.

Call now—who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

For fury kills the foolish, and jealousy slays the naive.

I have seen the fool established in prosperity, yet suddenly his habitation is cursed.

His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate and there is no one to deliver.

His harvest is eaten by the hungry; he will not gather it, and marauders will take it away.

For calamity does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground. But man is born to toil, like sparks that fly upward.

Yet I would seek God and would present my case to God.

He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

He gives rain on the earth and sends waters upon the fields.

He lifts the lowly on high and raises up those who are bowed down.

He thwarts the devices of the crafty, and their hands cannot achieve success.

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the counsel of the schemers comes to nothing.

They meet with darkness in the daytime; in broad daylight they grope as in the night.

He rescues the poor from the sword, from the mouth of the oppressor and from the hand of the violent.

Then the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Behold, blessed is the man whom God reproves; do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

For he wounds and he binds up; he shatters and his hands heal.

In six troubles he will rescue you, and in seven no harm will touch you.

He will redeem you from death in famine and from the power of the sword in war.

You will be hidden from the lash of the tongue and will not fear destruction when it comes.

You will laugh at ravage and famine, and shall not fear the beasts of the land.

For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

Then you will know that your tent is at peace; you will inspect your dwelling and not be shaken.

You will know that your offspring are many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf gathered in its season.

Behold, this we have explored; it is so. Hear it, and know it for yourself.