Self-interpreting Bible

1 THEN answered ^aBildad the Shuhite, and said,

• a: Job 2:11

2 How long will it be ere ye ^bmake an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

• b: Job 11:2 , Job 11:3 , Job 32:3 , Job 32:5 , Job 13:5 , Job 13:6

3 Wherefore are we counted ^cas beasts, and reputed ^*vile in your sight?

• c: Job 12:7 , Job 17:4 , Job 17:10 , Ps. 73:22 , Ec. 3:18
• *: vile-lowly.

4 He ^dteareth ¹himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

• d: Job 13:14 , Job 16:9 , Job 17:1 , Job 17:11 , Job 17:16
• 1: Heb. his soul.

5 Yea, ^ethe light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

• e: Pr. 13:9 , Pr. 20:20 , Pr. 24:20 , Job 20:5 , Mat. 25:29 , Zec. 11:17

6 The ^flight shall be dark in his ^*tabernacle, and his ²candle shall be put out with him.

• f: 1Ki. 13:5 , Re. 18:23 , Job 21:17 , Mat. 6:23
• *: tabernacle-tent, dwelling.
• 2: Or, lamp.

7 The ^gsteps of his strength shall be ^*straitened, and his ^hown counsel shall cast him down.

• g: Pr. 4:12 , Job 20:22
• *: straitened-limited, restricted.
• h: Job 5:12 , Job 5:13 , Es. 3:9 , Pr. 1:30 - 32

8 For ⁱhe is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

• i: Pr. 5:22 , Pr. 29:6 , Job 22:10 , 1Ti. 6:9 , 1Ti. 6:10 , Ps. 9:15

9 The ^j*gin shall take him by the heel, and ^kthe robber shall prevail against him.

• j: Eze. 12:13 , Eze. 32:3 , Ps. 11:6 , Is. 8:14 , Is. 8:15 , 2Ti. 2:26
• *: gin-snare, trap.
• k: Job 5:5 , Job 1:15 , Job 1:17

10 The snare is ³laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

• 3: Heb. hidden.

11 ^lTerrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall ⁴drive him to his feet.

• l: Job 6:4 , Job 7:14 , Job 9:28 , Job 15:21 , Job 20:25 , Je. 6:25 , Je. 20:3 , Je. 20:4 , Je. 46:5 , Je. 49:29 , Je. 4:19 , Je. 4:20
• 4: Heb. scatter him.

12 His strength shall be ^mhungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

• m: Job 15:23 , Job 15:24 , 1Sa. 2:5 , 1Sa. 2:36 , Pr. 1:27 , Ps. 7:12 - 14 , Ps. 73:18 - 20 , 1Th. 5:3

13 It shall devour the ⁵strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

• 5: Heb. bars, ch. 17.16. Re. 6.8. , Job 17:16 , Re. 6:8

14 ⁿHis confidence shall be rooted out of his ^*tabernacle, and it shall bring him to ^othe king of terrors.

• n: Job 8:14 , Job 11:20 , Ps. 52:5 , Ps. 112:10 , Pr. 10:28 , Mat. 7:26 , Mat. 7:27
• *: tabernacle-tent, dwelling.
• o: Re. 9:11

15 ^pIt shall dwell in his ^*tabernacle, because it is none of his: ^q*brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

• p: Job 18:12 , Job 20:19 , Job 20:26 , Job 20:28 , Pr. 3:33 , Zec. 5:4 , Je. 9:21
• *: tabernacle-tent, dwelling. , brimstone-sulphur.
• q: Ge. 19:24 , Ps. 11:6 , Is. 13:19 , Is. 24:9 , De. 29:23

16 His ^rroots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

• r: Job 29:19 , Is. 5:24 , vs. 12 , Ps. 37:35 , Ps. 37:36 , Je. 12:2 , Ho. 9:16 , Mal. 4:1

17 ^sHis remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

• s: Pr. 10:7 , Ps. 109:13 , Ps. 83:4 , Ps. 9:5 , Ps. 9:6 , Ps. 49:11 , Ps. 34:16 , Ec. 8:10 , Ec. 9:5

18 ^t6He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

• t: Job 18:14 , Pr. 14:32 , Lu. 12:20 , Job 10:21 , Job 10:22 , Job 20:8 , Job 20:9
• 6: Heb. They shall drive him.

19 ^uHe shall neither have son nor ^*nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

• u: Je. 22:30 , Is. 14:22
• *: nephew-grandson.

20 They that come after him shall be ^v*astonied at his ^wday, as they that ⁷went before ⁸were ^*affrighted.

• v: De. 29:24 , 1Ki. 9:8
• *: astonied-astonished. , affrighted-frightened.
• w: Ps. 37:13 , Ps. 137:7 , Eze. 21:25 , Ob. vs. 12 , Job 1:13 - 19
• 7: Or, lived with him.
• 8: Heb. laid hold on horror.

21 Surely ^xsuch are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that ^yknoweth not God.

• x: Job 18:6 , Job 18:14 - 16
• y: Ex. 5:2 , Ju. 2:10 , 1Sa. 2:12 , Job 21:14 , Ps. 79:6 , 2Th. 1:8 , Tit. 1:16