Job Wife

And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.'

And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?'

A man there hath been in the land of Uz--Job his name--and that man hath been perfect and upright--both fearing God, and turning aside from evil. — read the full passage →

A man there hath been in the land of Uz--Job his name--and that man hath been perfect and upright--both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations;

for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, `Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'

and these three men have been in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job--they by their righteousness deliver their own soul--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

And these three men cease from answering Job, for he <FI>is<Fi> righteous in his own eyes, — read the full passage →

And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day. — read the full passage →

And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: -- — read the full passage →

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence comest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.'

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: -- — read the full passage →

And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `For nought is Job fearing God?

and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings--the number of them all--for Job said, `Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.' Thus doth Job all the days.

And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.

Thou hast known that <FI>for<Fi> all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is <FI>any<Fi> device:

Surely a spirit is in man, And the breath of the Mighty One Doth cause them to understand.

Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.

And Job answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself--and what?

Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance, — read the full passage →

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch. — read the full passage →

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal--<FI> even<Fi> God.'

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: `Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' — read the full passage →

And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

By David. --An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression <FI>is<Fi> forgiven, Whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

And come unto him do all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they eat bread with him in his house, and bemoan him, and comfort him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him, and they gave to him each one kesitah, and each one ring of gold.

And it cometh to pass after Jehovah's speaking these words unto Job, that Jehovah saith unto Eliphaz the Temanite, `Burned hath Mine anger against thee, and against thy two friends, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.

And it cometh to pass after Jehovah's speaking these words unto Job, that Jehovah saith unto Eliphaz the Temanite, `Burned hath Mine anger against thee, and against thy two friends, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job. — read the full passage →

And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: -- — read the full passage →

The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.

And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: -- — read the full passage →

And He saith to man: --`Lo, fear of the Lord, that <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And to turn from evil <FI>is<Fi> understanding.'

And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --

For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.

Perfect I am! --I know not my soul, I despise my life.

And Job answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah. — read the full passage →

and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped--only I alone--to declare <FI>it<Fi> to thee.'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, all that he hath <FI>is<Fi> in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.' And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.

The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath--if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst. — read the full passage →

and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters,

A man there hath been in the land of Uz--Job his name--and that man hath been perfect and upright--both fearing God, and turning aside from evil. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,

whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;