Self-interpreting Bible

1 LO, ^amine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

• a: Job 32:8 , Job 32:10 , Ps. 78:3 , Ps. 78:4 , Ps. 37:35 , Ps. 37:36

2 ^bWhat ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

• b: 2Co. 11:5 , 2Co. 11:16 , 2Co. 11:22 , 2Co. 11:23 , 2Co. 12:11 , Job 12:3

3 Surely I ^cwould speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

• c: Job 11:5 , Job 9:34 , Job 9:35 , Job 23:3 - 7 , Job 31:35 , Is. 1:18 , Is. 41:21 , Is. 43:26 , Mi. 6:2

4 But ye are ^dforgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

• d: Job 42:7 , Job 42:8 , Job 16:2 , Job 21:34 , Job 11:3 , 1Ti. 1:7 , Zec. 11:17 , Ps. 119:69

5 O ^ethat ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

• e: Pr. 17:28 , Am. 5:13 , Ec. 5:3

6 ^fHear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

• f: Job 6:13 , Job 33:1 , Job 33:3 , Job 34:2 , Job 36:2 , Pr. 8:6 , Pr. 8:7

7 ^gWill ye speak wickedly for God? and talk ^hdeceitfully for him?

• g: Job 17:5 , Job 27:4 , Job 32:21 , Job 36:4 , Job 8:6 , Job 8:20 , Is. 66:5
• h: 2Co. 4:2

8 Will ye ⁱaccept his person? will ye contend for God?

• i: Pr. 24:23 , Ju. 6:31

9 ^jIs it good that he should ^ksearch you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so ^lmock him?

• j: Job 10:3
• k: Je. 17:10 , Ps. 139:23
• l: 1Sa. 15:9 , 1Sa. 15:11 , Ga. 6:7 , Ho. 11:12

10 He will surely ^mreprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

• m: Job 42:7 , Job 42:8 , Ps. 50:21 , Ps. 50:22 , Ps. 82:1 , Ps. 82:2 , Ja. 2:9 , De. 1:17

11 Shall not his ¹excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

• 1: Or, height of greatness, ch. 9.34; 31.23. Ps. 4.4. Je. 5.22; 10.7,10. , Job 9:34 , Job 31:23 , Ps. 4:4 , Je. 5:22 , Je. 10:7 , Je. 10:10

12 ⁿYour remembrances are like unto ^oashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

• n: Pr. 10:7 , Job 4:7 , Job 18:17 , Is. 40:17 , Ge. 18:27
• o: Is. 44:20

13 ²Hold your peace, ^plet me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

• 2: Heb. Be silent from me.
• p: Job 7:11 - 19 , Job 6:10 , Job 10:1

14 Wherefore ^qdo I take my flesh in my teeth, and ^rput my life in mine hand?

• q: Ec. 4:5 , Is. 9:20 , Is. 49:26
• r: Ju. 12:3 , 1Sa. 19:5 , 1Sa. 28:21 , Ps. 119:109

15 ^sThough he slay me, yet will I ^ttrust in him: but I will ³maintain mine own ways before him.

• s: Ps. 23:4 , Ps. 138:7 , Pr. 14:32 , Ro. 8:38 , Ro. 8:39
• t: Job 6:11 , Job 14:14 , Job 29:21 , Job 29:23
• 3: Heb. prove or argue, ch. 23.4; 27.5,6; 31.1-37. , Job 23:4 , Job 27:5 , Job 27:6 , Job 31:1 - 37

16 He also shall be ^umy salvation: for ^van hypocrite shall not come before him.

• u: Ex. 15:2 , Is. 12:1 , Is. 12:2 , Ps. 118:5 - 29 , Ps. 27:1 , Job 19:25 - 27 , Ho. 14:3
• v: Ps. 1:5 , Is. 33:14 , Mat. 24:51

17 ^wHear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

• w: Job 13:6 , Job 33:1

18 Behold now, I have ^xordered my cause; ^yI know that I shall be justified.

• x: Ec. 12:9 , Job 23:4
• y: Is. 45:24 , Is. 45:25 , Ro. 8:33 , Ro. 8:34 , 2Co. 1:12 , Ac. 24:16

19 ^zWho is he that will plead with me? ^afor now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

• z: Ro. 8:33 , Ro. 8:34 , 1Jn. 3:21 , Is. 50:8 , Is. 50:9
• a: Job 7:11 , Job 32:20 , Ps. 39:2 , Ps. 39:3 , Ps. 32:3 , Ps. 32:4 , Je. 20:9

20 ^bOnly do not two things unto me: then will I not ^chide myself from thee.

• b: Job 9:34 , Job 9:35 , Job 33:7
• c: Job 13:3 , Job 23:3 - 7

21 ^dWithdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

• d: Ps. 39:10 , Job 9:34

22 Then ^ecall thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

• e: Job 23:4 , Job 38:3 , Job 40:4 , Job 40:5 , Job 42:3 - 6

23 ^fHow many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

• f: Ps. 139:23 , Ps. 19:12 , Job 36:8 , Job 36:9 , Job 40:4 , Job 42:6 , Job 34:31 , Job 34:32 , Job 10:2 , Jn. 16:8 , Jn. 16:9

24 Wherefore ^ghidest thou thy face, and ^hholdest me for thine enemy?

• g: De. 32:20 , Ps. 10:1 , Ps. 13:1 , Ps. 22:1 , Ps. 22:2 , Ps. 44:24 , Ps. 88:14 , Ps. 102:2 , Is. 8:17 , Job 29:2 , Job 29:3 , Job 23:8 , Job 23:9
• h: Job 16:9 , Job 19:11 , Job 33:10 , La. 3:10 , La. 2:5

25 Wilt ⁱthou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

• i: Is. 42:3 , Is. 64:6 , Mat. 12:20 , 1Sa. 24:14

26 For ^jthou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

• j: Ru. 1:20 , Ps. 88:1 - 18 , Ps. 25:7 , Job 20:11 , Je. 31:19

27 Thou ^kputtest my feet also in the stocks, and ^l4lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the ⁵heels of my feet.

• k: Job 33:11 , Ps. 88:8
• l: Ps. 130:3 , Job 10:6 , Zep. 1:12
• 4: Heb. observest.
• 5: Heb. roots.

28 ^mAnd he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

• m: Ps. 39:11 , Ho. 5:12